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Elements in Ethics
edited by
Ben Eggleston
University of Kansas
Dale E. Miller
Old Dominion University, Virginia
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
Christian B. Miller
Wake Forest University
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Moral Psychology
Elements in Ethics
DOI: 10.1017/9781108581011
First published online: May 2021
Christian B. Miller
Wake Forest University
Author for correspondence: Christian B. Miller, [email protected]
Abstract: This Element provides an overview of some of the central
issues in contemporary moral psychology. It explores what moral
psychology is, whether we are always motivated by self-interest, what
good character looks like and whether anyone has it, whether moral
judgments always motivate us to act, whether what motivates action is
always a desire of some kind, and what the role is of reasoning and
deliberation in moral judgment and action. This Element is aimed at a
general audience, including undergraduate students without an
extensive background in philosophy.
Keywords: moral psychology, egoism, altruism, character, virtue, motivation,
moral judgment
© Christian B. Miller 2021
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Contents
Preface 1
1 Introduction to Moral Psychology 2
2 Do We Ultimately Only Care About Ourselves? Egoism
and the Alternatives 7
3 Good Character: What Is It, and Does It Even Exist? 21
4 Moral Judgment and Motivation: Motivational
Internalism and Impossibilities of Our Wills 39
5 What Motivates Us? Humean and Anti-Humean Theories
of Motivation 48
6 Conscious Moral Reasoning and Our Feelings: Three
Views about the Psychology of Moral Judgments 58
References 74
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