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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 ISSN 1476-7430.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2020.1802190
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 | ||||||
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| 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 |
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| Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law |
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| 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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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 380-397 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767430.2020.1802190 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “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 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 July 2020 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 February 2022 | ||||||
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