A Sense of Shame among the Virtues

Autor/in	Nichols, Ryan
Titel	A Sense of Shame among the Virtues
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 45 (2016) 2, S.166-178 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2016.1174677
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Moral Values; Psychological Patterns; Cultural Context; Philosophy; Emotional Response; Confucianism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Philosophie; Emotionales Verhalten; Konfuzianismus
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to pose and preliminarily answer the question, "Can the sense of shame be a virtue?" It offers a brief, empirically informed, affirmative answer to this question. After developing the context of this question, the article describes the emotion of shame and the shame system by situating them in their evolutionary and cultural contexts. This positions us to address Aristotelian reasons for a negative answer to our question having to do with whether shame is merely an emotion (no) and whether the sense of shame functions as a disposition to decide (yes). We summarize the evolutionary purpose of shame as a social-rank based emotion and identify benefits accruing to a population in which the sense of shame is working well. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01