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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 24.12 (Fall 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • Moral Psychology 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Linguistics and Philosophy 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Richard Holton 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 24.120 Moral Psychology



    Fall 2005




    Course Highlights


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    Course Description


    The 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; virtues and character traits.
     

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