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The faces of pessimism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2019

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John M. Doris*
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Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130. jdoris@wustl.eduhttp://www.moralpsychology.net/jdoris/
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Abstract

In this commentary on May's Regard for Reason in the Moral Mind, I argue that many of the interdisciplinary moral psychologists whom May terms “pessimists” are often considerably more optimistic about the prospects for progress in moral inquiry than he contends.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e152
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