Overview

It has been argued that situational and experiential factors provide a moral lens through which people judge the morality or otherwise of actions. The research presented within this volume takes this a step further and illustrates that individual differences may interact with these situational and experiential factors to explain the acquisition of positive attitudes towards immoral behaviour. Here the presence of propaganda promoting immoral cognitions interacts with the moral personality (moral identity) of individuals, with those exposed to propaganda and with low moral identity most likely to develop extreme immoral attitudes. This does have implications for the way we think about the role of context in shaping decision-making.

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Author:   Kiran Sarma ,  Ben Livings
Publisher:   Inter/Connexions
Imprint:   Inter-Disciplinary Press
ISBN:  

9781848881358

ISBN 10:   1848881355
Pages:   159
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Evil, Law and the State Kiran Sarma and Ben Livings The Biocorporeality of Evil: A Taxonomy Edward Weisband and Courtney I. P. Thomas 'Sie Mussten ins Feuer': Changing Policies within the Habsburg Monarchy on the Destruction of Vampire Bodies Michael Pickering Violence without Motive: Cultural Contingency and Conceptions of Mens Rea Ben Livings Jurisprudence and Environmental Injustices: The Property Rights and Environmental Justice Movements Darren Botello-Samson Benign Interventions: Neutrality, Neutralisation and Governance of the Threatening Body Seantel Anais The Woman Citizen and Her Religious Un-Freedoms: Gendered Readings of Indian Court Judgments Kalyani Ramnath Evil Beneath? What We Know and Do Not Know about Public Support for Violent Extremism Kiran Sarma Postscript: Future Directions in Evil Kiran Sarma Index

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Kiran Sarma is a Lecturer in Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His research focuses on the psychology of risk-taking and extreme behaviour. Ben Livings is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sunderland. He is interested in criminal legal theory, and particularly in the nexus between policy and Violence without Motive doctrine. He is currently engaged in research into sports violence and its treatment by the criminal law.

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