Conscience in Moral Life: Rethinking How Our Convictions Structure Self and Society PDF
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Conscience in Moral Life Conscience in Moral Life Rethinking How Our Convictions Structure Self and Society Jason J. Howard London•NewYork PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd. 16CarlisleStreet,London,W1D3BT www.rowmaninternational.com Rowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd.isanaffiliateofRowman&Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706,USA WithadditionalofficesinBoulder,NewYork,Toronto(Canada),andPlymouth(UK) www.rowman.com Copyright©2014byJasonJ.Howard Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:HB978-1-78348-010-4 ISBN:PB978-1-78348-011-1 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Howard,JasonJ.,1969– Conscienceinmorallife:rethinkinghowourconvictionsstructureselfandsociety/JasonJ. Howard. pagescm Includesindex. ISBN978-1-78348-010-4(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-1-78348-011-1(pbk.:alk.paper)— ISBN978-1-78348-012-8(electronic) 1.Conscience—History.I.Title. BJ1471.H692014 170—dc23 2013044295 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica DedicatedtomydaughterElise —theblossomingoftheethicalintime HenryJekyllstoodattimesaghastbeforetheactsofEdwardHyde;but thesituationwasapartfromordinarylaws,andinsidiouslyrelaxedthegrasp ofconscience.ItwasHyde,afterall,andHydealone,thatwasguilty.Jekyll wasnoworse;hewokeagaintohisgoodqualitiesseeminglyunimpaired;he wouldevenmakehaste,whereitwaspossible,toundotheevildonebyHyde. Andthushisconscienceslumbered. —RobertLouisStevenson,TheStrangeCaseofDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde Contents Acknowledgements xi Introduction:ReconsideringthePlaceofConscience 1 1 AQuickHistoryofConscienceandtheRiseoftheFaculty View 11 2 ProblemswiththeFacultyViewofConscience 31 3 MoralEmotionsandtheConnectiontoConscience 49 4 ConscienceandOurConvictions 87 5 ConscienceasaLegalRightandItsReificationintheLaw 123 6 LivingwithOurConvictions 159 WorksCited 201 Index 209 AbouttheAuthor 213 ix
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