The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness

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Synopsis

Since ancient times, character, virtue, and happiness have been central to thinking about how to live well. Yet until recently, philosophers have thought about these topics in an empirical vacuum. Taking up the general challenge of situationism – that philosophers should pay attention to empirical psychology – this interdisciplinary volume presents new essays from empirically informed perspectives by philosophers and psychologists on western as well as eastern conceptions of character, virtue, and happiness, and related issues such as personality, emotion and cognition, attitudes and automaticity. Researchers at the top of their fields offer exciting work that expands the horizons of empirically informed research on topics central to virtue ethics.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Author:
Nancy E. Snow, Franco V. Trivigno
ISBN:
9781135136109
Related ISBNs:
9780203078129, 9780415656146, 9780415656146, 9781138210141, 9781138210141
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-03-26
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology