Moral psychology as soul-picture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4352196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francey Russell (0000-0002-6642-4370, Barnard College, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 301-319 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqae074 |
| OpenAlex | W4400328445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
Iris Murdoch offers a distinctive conception of moral psychology. She suggests that to develop a moral psychology is to develop what she calls a soul-picture; different philosophical moral psychologies are, as she puts it, 'rival soul-pictures'. In this paper, I clarify Murdoch's generic notion of 'soul-picture', the genus of which, for example, Aristotle's, Kant's, Nietzsche's, and Murdoch's constitute rival species. Are all philosophical moral psychologies soul-pictures? If not, what are the criteria that a moral psychology must meet in order to qualify as a soul-picture? I propose five key dimensions. A soul-picture provides a picture of the soul or self, that is (1) holistic, (2) value-rich and psychologically realistic (for Murdoch these are intertwined), (3) reflexive, (4) therapeutic, and (5) the articulation of which makes use of imaginative language
Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Soul · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |