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Empirický přístup k morálnímu charakteru

Title in English Empirical Approach to Moral Character
Authors

BRÁZDIL Jan

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Studia philosophica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web Digitální knihovna FF MU
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SPh2017-2-5
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords moral character; situationism; practical wisdom; Milgram experiment
Description In this paper, I present and analyze the key part of the discussion that arose between the authors inspired by psychological situationism and the advocates of the concept of moral character that appears in the Aristotelian thought tradition. At the heart of this discussion is the question of whether this concept remains adequate despite recent findings of social and cognitive psychology. Whether it represents a significant determinant of behavior, withstanding various factors such as social pressure, momentary mental settings or even just something quite simple like bad weather. Its significance then must be high enough for it to be meaningful to devote valuable resources to its cultivation in practice.
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