Philosopher's Digest » Character traits http://www.philosophersdigest.com Timely Reviews of Current Philosophy Articles Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:07:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 “Empathy, Social Psychology, and Global Helping Traits” Christian Miller http://www.philosophersdigest.com/philosophical-studies/%e2%80%9cempathy-social-psychology-and-global-helping-traits%e2%80%9d-christian-miller http://www.philosophersdigest.com/philosophical-studies/%e2%80%9cempathy-social-psychology-and-global-helping-traits%e2%80%9d-christian-miller#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:02:38 +0000 Kevin Timpe http://www.philosophersdigest.com/?p=342 Main authors discussed: Gilbert Harman, John Doris, C. Daniel Batson

Recent work by both philosophers and social psychologists suggests that agents lack a moral character comprised of robust, global moral dispositions. According to situationists like Harman and Doris, most individuals overestimate…

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