Hermeneutic Moral Realism in Psychology

Brent D. Slife is a clinical psychologist and, until his recent retirement, was Professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University, USA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology and received the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for his contribution to psychology.Stephen C. Yanchar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, USA. He is primarily interested in theoretical and philosophical issues in education and psychology, especially those pertaining to agency and learning, qualitative inquiry, and design practices.

• Introduction: Moral Grounds in the Postmodern Era: The Reality of Hermeneutic Morality in Psychology. Brent D Slife and Stephen C. Yanchar Section 1Chapter 1: Hermeneutic Moral Realism, Participational Agency, and World DisclosureStephen Yanchar and Brent D. Slife Chapter 2: The Moral Hermeneutic of Scientific Justification. Joshua W. Clegg Chapter 3: Culture and Hermeneutic Moral Realism. Jacob R. Hickman Section 2Chapter 4: Psychotherapy and the Moral Realism of Charles Taylor. Brent Slife, Eric A. Ghelfi, and Nathan M. Slife Chapter 5: The moral affordances of publishing practices. Joshua W. Clegg Chapter 6: Politics and Moral Realism. Frank C. Richardson, Robert C. Bishop, and Kathleen L. Slaney Chapter 7: Inquiry into Moral Configurations. Stephen C. Yanchar and Susan Peterson Gong