Contextual Character of Moral Integrity

Transcultural Psychological Applications

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Dita Šamánková, Marek Preiss, Tereza Příhodová, Dita Samankova, Tereza Prihodova, Dita Samánková, Dita Šamánková, Dita ¿Amánková, Tereza P¿íhodová

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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.

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