An Integrative Model of Moral Deliberation

An Integrative Model of Moral Deliberation maintains that current models of moral deliberation do not effectively deal with contemporary moral complexity because they are based on an inadequate theory of moral cognition. Drawing on research in neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, social theory, and dual process cognitive theory and on the work of William James, this book develops a theory of moral cognition which provides a major role for aesthetic sensibilities and upon this theory develops a robust model of moral deliberation. This model portrays moral deliberation as a back and forth movement between intuitive and analytic cognitions, which constructs narrative scenarios and then assesses and revises them according to aesthetic sensibilities.

Author: J. Jeffrey Tillman
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/02/2016
Pages: 235
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.65h x 6.00w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9781137490216

About the Author

J. Jeffrey Tillman is Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Director of Graduate Studies at the Wichita Falls Campus of Wayland Baptist University, Texas, US