What's Wrong with Morality?: A Social-Psychological Perspective

by C. Daniel Batson

Book Overview

Most works on moral psychology direct our attention to the positive role morality plays for us as individuals, as a society, even as a species. In What's Wrong with Morality?, C. Daniel Batson takes a different approach: he looks at morality as a problem. The problem is not that it is wrong to be moral, but that our morality often fails to produce these intended results. Why? Some experts believe the answer lies in lack of character. Others say we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199355576
• ISBN13: 9780199355570
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"