商品簡介
Writing for a general audience, Katchadourian (emeritus, psychiatry and human biology, Stanford U.) provides a multidisciplinary review of the topic of guilt. The first half of the book approaches guilt from a primarily psychological perspective and posits guilt as an innate product of human evolution and an important component of moral judgment that only becomes pathological when it is excessive or deficient. It then discusses the role of guilt in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism; in the ethics of Aristotle, Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Friedrich Nietzsche; and in the eyes of the law. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Herant Katchadourian is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Human Biology at Stanford University and former president of the Flora Family Foundation. He has received numerous awards, including Stanford's Dinkelspiel Award and the Lyman Award from the Stanford Alumni Association.