Varieties of Moral Personality
| Author | : Owen Flanagan |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 411 |
| Release | : 2009-07-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674036956 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674036956 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (956 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Varieties of Moral Personality by : Owen Flanagan
Download or read book Varieties of Moral Personality written by Owen Flanagan and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owen Flanagan argues in this book for a more psychologically realistic ethical reflection and spells out the ways in which psychology can enrich moral philosophy. Beginning with a discussion of such “moral saints” as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Oskar Schindler, Flanagan charts a middle course between an ethics that is too realistic and socially parochial and one that is too idealistic, giving no weight to our natures.