书目名称 | Psychology as a Moral Science | 副标题 | Perspectives on Norm | 编辑 | Svend Brinkmann | 视频video | | 概述 | Unique integration of the philosophy of science and cultural critique.Unifies European and American philosophical traditions.Includes supplementary material: | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .What does morality have to do with psychology in a value-neutral, postmodern world? According to a provocative new book, everything. . Taking exception with current ideas in the mainstream (including cultural, evolutionary, and neuropsychology) as straying from the discipline’s ethical foundations, Psychology as a Moral Science argues that psychological phenomena are inherently moral, and that psychology, as prescriptive and interventive practice, reflects specific moral principles. . The book cites normative moral standards, as far back as Aristotle, that give human thoughts, feelings, and actions meaning, and posits psychology as one of the critical methods of organizing normative values in society; at the same time it carefully notes the discipline’s history of being sidetracked by overemphasis on theoretical constructs and physical causes—what the author terms “the psychologizing of morality.” This synthesis of ideas brings an essential unity to what can sometimes appear as a fragmented area of inquiry at odds with itself. The book’s “interpretive-pragmatic approach”: . .• Revisits core psychological concepts as supporting normative value systems. .• Traces how psychology has | 出版日期 | Book 2011 | 关键词 | evolutionary psychology; existential psychology; moral psychology; philosophy of psychology; theoretical | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7067-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4899-9014-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4419-7067-1 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 |
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