Guilt: The Bite of Conscience

by Herant Katchadourian

Book Overview

This is the first study of guilt from a wide variety of perspectives: psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, six major religions, four key moral philosophers, and the law. Katchadourian explores the ways in which guilt functions within individual lives and intimate relationships, looking at behaviors that typically induce guilt in both historical and modern contexts. He examines how the capacity for moral judgments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080477871X
• ISBN13: 9780804778718
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Stanford General Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"