Anna Wehofsits
Biographic Data
| ID | 1634559 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Wehofsits |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Wehofsits |
| SIGNATURE | WEHOFSITS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9116-2763 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Positive Illusions and Autonomy
Drawing on examples from empirical research, I argue that the common notion of a simple trade-off between the prudential benefits and ethical costs of positive illusions is one-sided and untenable insofar as it overlooks the ethical significance that such illusions can have in times of adversity. First, I show that positive illusions, which promote psychological stability in difficult times, can not only limit autonomy but also enhance it – despi…
Convincing ourselves
Accuracy motives are motives for forming true beliefs. Research on motivated reasoning most commonly presents them as correctives to cognitive distortions. Some authors argue that they can also amplify cognitive distortions, attributing this amplification to indirect side effects. I argue for a third possibility. Focusing on rationalizations, I demonstrate that accuracy motives, despite their epistemically virtuous aim, can directly contribute to…
The relationship between self‐deception and other‐deception
Unlike the question of whether self‐deception can be understood on the model of other‐deception, the relationship between the two phenomena at the level of practice is hardly ever explored. Other‐deception can support self‐deception and vice versa. Self‐deception often affects not only the beliefs and behavior of the self‐deceiving person but also the beliefs and behavior of others who may become accomplices of self‐deception. As I will show, how…
Passions
Kant's radical criticism of the passions has a central but largely overlooked moral-psychological component: for Kant, the passions promote a kind of self-deception he calls ‘rationalizing’. In analysing the connection between passion and rationalizing self-deception, I identify and reconstruct two essential traits of Kant's conception of the passions. I argue (1) that rationalizing self-deception, according to Kant, contributes massively to the …
Anthropologie und Moral
Anna Wehofsits's study on Kant's moral anthropology examines the conditions for achieving moral action, and strives to expand our understanding of Kantian moral philosophy. According to Kant, building moral character is not limited to developing rational capacities but also includes developing emotional capacities, and responsibly managing and deliberately cultivating emotional dispositions
Anthropologie und Moral
Anna Wehofsits's study on Kant's moral anthropology examines the conditions for achieving moral action, and strives to expand our understanding of Kantian moral philosophy. According to Kant, building moral character is not limited to developing rational capacities but also includes developing emotional capacities, and responsibly managing and deliberately cultivating emotional dispositions
Passions
Kant's radical criticism of the passions has a central but largely overlooked moral-psychological component: for Kant, the passions promote a kind of self-deception he calls ‘rationalizing’. In analysing the connection between passion and rationalizing self-deception, I identify and reconstruct two essential traits of Kant's conception of the passions. I argue (1) that rationalizing self-deception, according to Kant, contributes massively to the …
Anthropologie und Moral
Anna Wehofsits's study on Kant's moral anthropology examines the conditions for achieving moral action, and strives to expand our understanding of Kantian moral philosophy. According to Kant, building moral character is not limited to developing rational capacities but also includes developing emotional capacities, and responsibly managing and deliberately cultivating emotional dispositions
Passions
Kant's radical criticism of the passions has a central but largely overlooked moral-psychological component: for Kant, the passions promote a kind of self-deception he calls ‘rationalizing’. In analysing the connection between passion and rationalizing self-deception, I identify and reconstruct two essential traits of Kant's conception of the passions. I argue (1) that rationalizing self-deception, according to Kant, contributes massively to the …
The relationship between self‐deception and other‐deception
Unlike the question of whether self‐deception can be understood on the model of other‐deception, the relationship between the two phenomena at the level of practice is hardly ever explored. Other‐deception can support self‐deception and vice versa. Self‐deception often affects not only the beliefs and behavior of the self‐deceiving person but also the beliefs and behavior of others who may become accomplices of self‐deception. As I will show, how…
Positive Illusions and Autonomy
Drawing on examples from empirical research, I argue that the common notion of a simple trade-off between the prudential benefits and ethical costs of positive illusions is one-sided and untenable insofar as it overlooks the ethical significance that such illusions can have in times of adversity. First, I show that positive illusions, which promote psychological stability in difficult times, can not only limit autonomy but also enhance it – despi…
Convincing ourselves
Accuracy motives are motives for forming true beliefs. Research on motivated reasoning most commonly presents them as correctives to cognitive distortions. Some authors argue that they can also amplify cognitive distortions, attributing this amplification to indirect side effects. I argue for a third possibility. Focusing on rationalizations, I demonstrate that accuracy motives, despite their epistemically virtuous aim, can directly contribute to…
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works) · Deception (2 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Affect (Psychology) (1 work) · Affekt (1 work) · Anthropological aspects (1 work) · Autonomy (1 work) · Charakterbildung (1 work)