The Contextual Character of Moral Integrity

Transcultural Psychological Applications
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-89535-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

This book discusses outcomes of a study by the National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic, examining moral integrity in the post-communist Czech-speaking environment. Chapters map the history of the Euro-Atlantic ethical disciplines from moral philosophy and psychology to evolutionary neuroscience and socio-biology. The authors emphasize the biological and social conditionality of ethics and call for greater differentiation of both research and applied psychological standards in today’s globalised world. Using a non-European ethical system – Theravada Buddhism – as a case study, the authors explore the differences in English and Czech interpretations of the religion. They analyse cognitive styles and language as central variables in formatting and interpreting moral values, with important consequences for cultural transferability of psychological instruments. This book will appeal to academics and other specialists in psychology, psychiatry, sociology and related fields, aswell as to readers interested in the psychology of ethics. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

¿Amánková, Dita

P¿íhodová, Tereza

Preiss, Marek

Príhodová, Tereza

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- Part I: Philosophy and Psychology.- 2. The History of Ethics.- 3. Moral Psychology.- Part II: Biology.- 4. Evolution of Moral Sense and Moral Judgement.- 5. Can We Treat Evil?.- Part III: Moral Integrity Research.- 6. Integrity Concepts.- 7. Integrity in the Workplace.- 8. Integrity Testing in the Czech Republic.- Part IV: Cultural Views.- 9. Czechoslovakia and its Totalitarian Legacy.- 10. Personality and Ethics in Theravada Buddhism.- 11. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Dita Šamánková is a consultant psychiatrist with extensive practice in the Czech Republic and Great Britain, currently employed as a clinician and researcher at National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Czech Republic; she has authored several popular science books, and regularly contributes to Czech socio-political and psychological magazines. 

Marek Preiss is Associate Professor and the Head of Department of Clinical Psychology at NIMH, and the University of New York in Prague, leading research projects in the area of moral integrity, personality and neuropsychology, with abundant international publications. Tereza Príhodová is a US graduated junior research psychologist and PhD student at NIMH, Czech Republic.