What Makes Us Moral? On the capacities and conditions for being moral [Hardcover]

This book addresses the question?of what it means to be moral and which capacities one needs to be moral.It questions whether empathy is a cognitive or an affective capacity, or perhaps both. As most moral beings behave immorally from time to time, the authors ask?which factors cause or motivate?people to translate their moral beliefs into action? Specially addressed?is the question of?what is the role of internal factors such as willpower, commitment, character,?and what is the role of external, situational and structural factors? The?questions are considered from various (disciplinary) perspectives.This book addresses the question of what it means to be moral and the capacities one needs to be moral. It examines the role of internal factors such as willpower, commitment and character as well as?? the role of external, situational and structural factors.

Preface

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Bert Musschenga: What makes us moral? An introduction

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Part I: Morality, evolution and rationality

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Alejandro Rosas: Rationality and deceit; Why rational egoism cannot make us moral

Katharine Browne: Two problems of cooperation

Catherine Herfeld and Katrien Schaubroeck: The importance of commitment; How Harry Frankfurts concept of care contributes to Rational Choice Theory

Markus Christen and Thomas Ott: Quantified coherence of moral beliefs as predictive factor for moral agency

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Part II: Morality and the continuity between human and nonhuman primates

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Bert Musschenga: Animal morality and human morality

Florian Cova: Two kinds of moral competence; Moral agent, moral judge

Andr?s Luco: Humean moral motivation

Harry Wels: Whispering empls!