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Morality

About: Morality is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 22623 publications have been published within this topic receiving 545733 citations. The topic is also known as: moral & morals.


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TL;DR: Seven studies profile these two faces of morality, support their distinct motivational underpinnings, and provide evidence of moral asymmetry; implications for broader social regulation, including cross-cultural differences and political orientation, are discussed.
Abstract: A distinction is made between two forms of morality on the basis of approach-avoidance differences in self-regulation. Prescriptive morality is sensitive to positive outcomes, activation-based, and focused on what we should do. Proscriptive morality is sensitive to negative outcomes, inhibition-based, and focused on what we should not do. Seven studies profile these two faces of morality, support their distinct motivational underpinnings, and provide evidence of moral asymmetry. Both are well-represented in individuals' moral repertoire and equivalent in terms of moral weight, but proscriptive morality is condemnatory and strict, whereas prescriptive morality is commendatory and not strict. More specifically, in these studies proscriptive morality was perceived as concrete, mandatory, and duty-based, whereas prescriptive morality was perceived as more abstract, discretionary, and based in duty or desire; proscriptive immorality resulted in greater blame, whereas prescriptive morality resulted in greater moral credit. Implications for broader social regulation, including cross-cultural differences and political orientation, are discussed.

345 citations

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TL;DR: The history of modern moral philosophy can be traced back to the rise and fall of modern natural law as discussed by the authors, from intellectualism to voluntarism, and natural law restated: Suarez and Grotius 5. Grotianism at the limit: Hobbes 6. A morality of love: Cumberland 7. The central synthesis: Pufendorf 8. Perfectionism and Rationality: 9. Paths to God: I.
Abstract: Preface Acknowledgements A note on references and abbreviations Introduction 1. Themes in the history of modern moral philosophy Part I. The Rise and Fall of Modern Natural Law: 2. Natural law: from intellectualism to voluntarism 3. Setting religion aside: republicanism and skepticism 4. Natural law restated: Suarez and Grotius 5. Grotianism at the limit: Hobbes 6. A morality of love: Cumberland 7. The central synthesis: Pufendorf 8. The collapse of modern natural law: Locke and Thomasius Part II. Perfectionism and Rationality: 9. Origins of modern perfectionism 10. Paths to God: I. The Cambridge Platonists 11. Paths to God: II. Spinoza and Malebranche 12. Leibniz: Counterrevolutionary perfectionism Part III. Toward a World on its Own: 13. Morality without salvation 14. The recovery of virtue 15. The austerity of morals: Clarke and Mandeville 16. The limits of love: Hutcheson and Butler 17. Hume: virtue naturalized 18. Against a fatherless world 19. The noble effects of self-love Part IV. Autonomy and Divine Order: 20. Perfection and will: Wolff and Crusius 21. Religion, morality, and reform 22. The invention of autonomy 23. Kant in the history of moral philosophy Epilogue: 24. Pythagoras, Socrates, and Kant: understanding the history of moral philosophy Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects Index of biblical citations.

338 citations

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01 Oct 1978

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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20231,329
20222,639
2021652
2020815
2019825
2018831