附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Emotion, responsibility, and character -- On the captivity of the will : sympathy, caring, and a moral sense of the human -- Sincerity : feelings and constructions in making a self -- Loyalty as good and duty : a critique of Stocker -- In defense of shame : shame in the context of guilt and embarrassment -- On knowing self-deception -- On the possible nonexistence of emotions : the passions.
摘要:In their new book, Emotion, Character, and Responsibility, John Sabini and Maury Silver examine a conflict in the way that psychologists, philosophers, and ordinary people think about character. Most of us share an intuition that emotions are central to who we are and the characters we have, even though emotions are unchosen. Yet we also share the intuition that action, choice, and responsibility are what count about our characters. This book deals with this conflict by exploring the relations between the chosen and unchosen, moral and nonmoral, in sincerity, loyalty, sympathy, shame, guilt, and embarrassment as they affect our characters. The conflict is resolved by finding an aesthetic as well as moral basis of character. , Written in a jargon-free style and of interest to both academics and the lay reader, this collection of essays explores why emotions are important in the conception of a person's character and in their own conception of self.
