Lorraine Besser-Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 1140845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorraine Besser-Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorraine |
| FAMILY NAME | Besser-Jones |
| SIGNATURE | BESSER-JONES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Lawrence Becker, Habilitation, Health, and Agency
Walls and Vaults
Book Review| October 01 2012 Walls and Vaults: A Natural Science of Morals (Virtue Ethics according to David Hume) Sobel, Jordan Howard, Walls and Vaults: A Natural Science of Morals (Virtue Ethics according to David Hume). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2009. xiii + 414 pp. Lorraine Besser-Jones Lorraine Besser-Jones Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2012) 121 (4): 634–636. https://doi.org/10…
The motivational state of the virtuous agent
Julia Annas argues that Aristotle's understanding of the phenomenological experience of the virtuous agent corresponds to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of the "flow," which is a form of intrinsic motivation. In this paper, I explore whether or not Annas' understanding of virtuous agency is a plausible one. After a thorough analysis of psychological accounts of intrinsic and extrinsic states of motivation, I argue that despite the…
Social Psychology, Moral Character, and Moral Fallibility
In recent years, there has been considerable debate in the literature concerning the existence of moral character. One lesson we should take away from these debates is that the concept of character, and the role it plays in guiding our actions, is far more complex than most of us initially took it to be. Just as Gilbert Harman, for example, makes a serious mistake in insisting, plain and simply, that there is no such thing as character, defenders…
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Social Psychology, Moral Character, and Moral Fallibility
In recent years, there has been considerable debate in the literature concerning the existence of moral character. One lesson we should take away from these debates is that the concept of character, and the role it plays in guiding our actions, is far more complex than most of us initially took it to be. Just as Gilbert Harman, for example, makes a serious mistake in insisting, plain and simply, that there is no such thing as character, defenders…
The motivational state of the virtuous agent
Julia Annas argues that Aristotle's understanding of the phenomenological experience of the virtuous agent corresponds to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of the "flow," which is a form of intrinsic motivation. In this paper, I explore whether or not Annas' understanding of virtuous agency is a plausible one. After a thorough analysis of psychological accounts of intrinsic and extrinsic states of motivation, I argue that despite the…
Walls and Vaults
Book Review| October 01 2012 Walls and Vaults: A Natural Science of Morals (Virtue Ethics according to David Hume) Sobel, Jordan Howard, Walls and Vaults: A Natural Science of Morals (Virtue Ethics according to David Hume). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2009. xiii + 414 pp. Lorraine Besser-Jones Lorraine Besser-Jones Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2012) 121 (4): 634–636. https://doi.org/10…
Lawrence Becker, Habilitation, Health, and Agency
Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Virtue (2 works)