Practical Guilt

Moral Dilemmas, Emotions, and Social Norms

By: P. S. Greenspan

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Paperback | 12 January 1995

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P.S. Greenspan uses the treatment of moral dilemmas as the basis for an alternative view of the structure of ethics and its relation to human psychology. Greenspan argues that dilemmas may be regarded as possible consequences of a set of social rules designed to be simple enough to be teachable. Where these rules prohibit action either way, the problematic motivational force of dilemmas can be explained by reference to the role of emotion as a substitute for action. Guilt is seen as a natural but contested candidate for the sort of emotional sanction for wrongdoing that might supply motivational force in dilemmas. It functions as a way of preserving virtue against moral luck. Greenspan defends guilt in the face of dilemmas on the basis of a "nonjudgmentalist" account of emotions that accepts guilt as appropriate even in some cases of unavoidable wrongdoing. In its treatment of the role of emotion in ethics the argument of the book outlines a new way of packing motivational force
into moral meaning that allows for a socially based version of moral realism. Since, on the proposed account, emotions underpin the teaching of moral language, human emotional capacities impose constraints on the nature of a viable moral code and thus affect the content of morality.

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"...an excellent work for upper level courses or graduate school."--Professor and President Frank R. Campbell, Averett College "Highly recommended."--Choice "...an excellent work for upper level courses or graduate school."--Professor and President Frank R. Campbell, Averett College "The book is well written, well argued, and full of interesting ideas. It should be read by anyone interested in moral dilemmas or the role of emotions in moral judgment."--Seventeenth-Century News "Highly recommended."--Choice

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Introduction	p. 3
Between the Horns
Defusing Dilemmas	p. 9
Moral Dilemmas and Motivational Force	p. 11
Motivating Moral "Ought,"	p. 23
Practical Oughts and Prohibitions	p. 29
Practical Oughts in Conflict	p. 30
Deontic Strength and Value	p. 41
Problems for Practical Ought-Systems	p. 52
Motivational Foundations of Conflict	p. 66
Moral Realism and Practical Phenomenology	p. 67
Internalist Dilemmas	p. 77
Between the Horns	p. 90
Sensibility and Standpoints
Moral Residues	p. 109
The Moral Significance of Guilt	p. 111
Guilt as an Identificatory Mechanism	p. 126
Contrary-to-Duty "Ought-to-Feel,"	p. 136
Unavoidable Guilt	p. 151
Subjective Guilt and Responsibility	p. 152
Perspectival Appropriateness	p. 166
Objective Guilt and Wrong	p. 176
Basing Ethics on Emotion	p. 187
The Motivational Model	p. 188
Sensibility and Standpoints	p. 198
Notes	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 243
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