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Lisa Tessman

State University of New York at Binghamton
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  • State University of New York at Binghamton
    Department of Philosophy
    Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1996
Homepage
Vestal, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Meta-Ethics
Normative Ethics
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy
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    Moral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality
    OUP Usa. 2015.
    Moral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality asks what happens when the sense that "I must" collides with the realization that "I can't." Bringing together philosophical and empirical work in moral psychology, Lisa Tessman here examines moral requirements that are non-negotiable and that contravene the principle that "ought implies can."
    EthicsMoral Dilemmas, MiscValue PluralismMoral Psychology, MiscMoral Irrealism, MiscOught Implies Ca…Read more
    EthicsMoral Dilemmas, MiscValue PluralismMoral Psychology, MiscMoral Irrealism, MiscOught Implies Can
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    “Virtue Ethics and Moral Failure: Lessons from Neuroscientific Moral Psychology”
    In Michael W. Austin (ed.), Virtues in Action: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics, Palgrave-macmillan. 2013.
    Neuroscience of EthicsMoral Psychology, MiscTopics in Virtue Ethics, MiscMoral Judgment, MiscApplied…Read more
    Neuroscience of EthicsMoral Psychology, MiscTopics in Virtue Ethics, MiscMoral Judgment, MiscApplied Virtue Ethics
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