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Guilt : the bite of conscience / Herant Katchadourian.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford General Books, c2010.Description: xviii, 370 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780804763615 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804763615 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804778718 (pbk.)
  • 080477871X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF575.G8 K38 2010
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Contents:
Guilt and its neighbors -- Commandments and sins -- Guilt and relationships -- Guilt without transgression -- The pathology of guilt -- The development of moral judgment -- The evolution of guilt -- Guilt in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Guilt in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism -- Guilt in the light of reason -- Guilt in the courtroom.
Summary: Katchadourian first explores the ways in which guilt functions within individual lives and intimate relationships, looking at behaviors that typically induce guilt in both historical and modern contexts. He then turns to the way the capacity for moral judgments develops within the individual lives and through evolutionary processes, taking up both normal and pathological (whether excessive or inadequate) manifestations of guilt. The second part of the book turns to the socio-cultural aspects of guilt. In what ways does religion deal with guilt? Does it compound it or help individuals to resolve it? How do the major religious traditions differ in their conceptions of guilt? Secular alternatives in dealing with guilt are considered in the light of the key moral philosophies that have exerted the most influence in Western cultures. Finally, Katchadourian addresses the ways in which society attempts to come to terms with guilt as culpability through the legal process.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-353) and index.

Guilt and its neighbors -- Commandments and sins -- Guilt and relationships -- Guilt without transgression -- The pathology of guilt -- The development of moral judgment -- The evolution of guilt -- Guilt in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Guilt in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism -- Guilt in the light of reason -- Guilt in the courtroom.

Katchadourian first explores the ways in which guilt functions within individual lives and intimate relationships, looking at behaviors that typically induce guilt in both historical and modern contexts. He then turns to the way the capacity for moral judgments develops within the individual lives and through evolutionary processes, taking up both normal and pathological (whether excessive or inadequate) manifestations of guilt. The second part of the book turns to the socio-cultural aspects of guilt. In what ways does religion deal with guilt? Does it compound it or help individuals to resolve it? How do the major religious traditions differ in their conceptions of guilt? Secular alternatives in dealing with guilt are considered in the light of the key moral philosophies that have exerted the most influence in Western cultures. Finally, Katchadourian addresses the ways in which society attempts to come to terms with guilt as culpability through the legal process.