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Shame, guilt and Martha Nussbaum’s immaturing process : alethic truth and human flourishing

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Wilson, Amanda (2020) Shame, guilt and Martha Nussbaum’s immaturing process : alethic truth and human flourishing. Journal of Critical Realism, 19 (4). pp. 380-397. doi:10.1080/14767430.2020.1802190

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Abstract

In this paper, I argue that it is possible to have an account of shame and guilt as mature concepts in moral psychology that sit alongside immature ones. In arguing for this, I adopt the critical realist method of immanent critique, taking as my focus Martha Nussbaum’s accounts of shame and guilt in two key texts. Starting from a nuanced psychoanalytic foundation in Hiding from Humanity, Nussbaum undoes this grounding in favour of an elementary position (the ‘Transition’) in Anger and Forgiveness. In tracing what I call an ‘immaturing process’ in Nussbaum, I show how mature concepts can be identified by contrasting them with immature concepts, and how the mature concepts represent a deeper understanding of shame and guilt – their alethic truth – which is critical to human flourishing. I conclude by considering what can be rescued from Nussbaum’s immaturing process and its broader implications for criminal law and justice.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
K Law [Moys] > KB General and Comparative Law
Divisions: Other > Institute of Advanced Study
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947- , Psychology -- Moral and ethical aspects, Criminal law -- Psychological aspects, Shame , Guilt , Truth
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Critical Realism
Publisher: Maney Publishing
ISSN: 1476-7430
Official Date: 24 August 2020
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24 August 2020Published
23 July 2020Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 31 July 2020
Volume: 19
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 380-397
DOI: 10.1080/14767430.2020.1802190
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Critical Realism on 24/08/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14767430.2020.1802190
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