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24.120 Moral Psychology | Linguistics and Philosophy

This course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology, and neuroscience. Topics include belief, desire, and moral motivation; sympathy and empathy; intentions and other committing states; strength of will and weakness of will; free will; addiction and compulsion; guilt, shame and regret; evil; self-knowledge and self-deception; and, virtues and character traits. This course is a CI-M course.

Keywords:: desire, Humean theory of motivation, rationality, empathy, will, addiction, intention, intentions, egoism, Ethics, autism, social psychology, altruism, temptation, free will, self-regulation, moral psychology, ethical judgment, wanting, moral luck, motivation, sociology, waiting, Psychology, resolution, Akrasia, self-control, identification, weakness, autonomy, empirical work, willing, action, moral motivation, belief, sympathy, self-deception, virtue

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Humanities / Philosophy

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: October 22, 2018
Author:: Unknown (Know the author?)
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:: English
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