Amoral thoughts about morality; the intersection of science, psychology, and ethics, 2d ed.

9780398077914

Amoral thoughts about morality; the intersection of science, psychology, and ethics, 2d ed.

Kendler, Howard H.

C.C. Thomas

2008

255 pages

$59.95

Hardcover

BF76

Since the birth of psychology in 1879, says Kendler (psychology, U. of California-Santa Barbara), controversy has raged over whether it is descriptive like natural science or prescriptive like philosophy. He seeks to clarify the debate by analyzing the relationship between facts and values, first in the abstract then within an epistemological framework. Among the controversies he takes up are genetic and environmental influences on behavior, the concept of racial superiority, affirmative action, and multiculturalism.

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