Moral Hypocrisy and Acting for Reasons: How Moralizing Can Invite Self-Deception
According to some, contemporary social psychology is aptly described as a study in moral hypocrisy. In this paper we argue that this is unfortunate when understood as establishing that we only care about appearing to act morally, not about true moral action. A philosophically more interesting interp...
| Published in: | Ethical theory and moral practice |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2015]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-235 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCB Personal ethics VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Acting for reasons
B Moral hypocrisy B Self-deception B Daniel Batson B Moral Agency |
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