Promises, oaths, and vows: on the psychology of promising
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Main Author: Schlesinger, Herbert J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Analytic Press 2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index
Promising and morality -- Why do we make promises? promise keeping as one of the defining acts of morality : philosophical, historical, and legal background -- Promising and the theory of mind in development -- Empirical studies of moral development -- Developmental and regressive aspects of making and breaking promises -- Mature and regressive determinants of the keeping of promises -- Implicit promising and the implicit promise -- Promising in the clinic -- Promising as an element of form and content in Greek drama -- Promising in Shakespearean drama -- Forms of promising in religious practices
Physical Description:xiii, 216 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9780881634549

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