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The emotional construction of morals /

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Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about morality, which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that moral values are based on emotional responses, and that these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural...

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Main Author: Prinz, Jesse J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Emotions.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Emotions
Ethics
Moral sense theory (filosofie)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about morality, which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that moral values are based on emotional responses, and that these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-328) and index.
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