The indispensability of character

Philosophy

Volumn 76, Issue 296, 2001, Pages 239-250

  Kupperman, Joel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0012132079     PISSN: 00318191     EISSN: 1469817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031819101000250     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. Gilbert Harman, 'Moral Philosophy Meets Social Psychology'roceedings of the Aristotelian Society 99 (1999), 315-331. The passage quoted is on 316
2. See R. Nisbett and L. Ross, Human Inference: Strategies and Shortcomings of Social Judgment (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1980)
3. S. Milgram, 'Behavioral Study of Obedience', Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 67, No. 4 (October 1963), 371-378
4. See L. Ross and R. Nisbett, The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology (New York: McGraw Hall, 1991). Social Psychology (New York: McGraw Hall, 1991)
5. For one such account, see J. Kupperman, Character (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), Chapter 1
6. Op. cit., note 1, 318
7. Personal communication, April 5, 1996, reconfirmed February 23, 2000
8. See S. Milgram, Obedience to Authority (London: Tavistock, 1974)
9. A good general account of the debate can be found in David C. Funder Press, Chapter 2; although one needs to bear in mind that Funder himself, along with Jack Block, has been a major figure on the personologist side. Ross and Nisbett, on whom Harman relies, have been leading situationists Personality Judgment: A Realistic Approach to Person Perception (San Diego: Academic Press, 1999), Chapter 2; although one needs to bear in mind that Funder himself, along with Jack Block, has been a major figure on the personologist side. Ross and Nisbett, on whom Harman relies, have been leading situationists
10. See S. Epstein, 'The Stability of Behavior: I. On Predicting Most of the the Time People Most of the Time', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 37, No. 7 (July 1979), 1097-1126
11. 'The Stability of Behavior; II. Implications for Psychological Research' American Psychologist 35, No. 9 (September 1980), 790-806
12. See J. Block, 'Studying Personality the Long Way', Studying Lives Through Time: Personality and Development, D. C. Funder, R. D. Parke, C. Tomlinson-Keasey, and K. Widaman (eds) (Washington: American Psychological Association, 1993), 9-41. The quotation is from p. 34. Time: Personality and Development, D. C. Funder, R. D. Parke, C. Tomlinson-Keasey, and K. Widaman (eds) (Washington: American Psychological Association, 1993), 9-41. The quotation is from p. 34
13. Gilbert Harman, 'Virtue Ethics Without Character Traits', Gilbert Harman website, August 18, 1999
14. See David Wiggins, 'Truth, Invention and Meaning of Life', Needs, Values Truth: Essays in the Philosophy of Value, 3rd edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998), 87-137. The phrase quoted is on p. 88. Truth: Essays in the Philosophy of Value, 3rd edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998), 87-137. The phrase quoted is on p. 88
15. J. Sabini and M. Silver, 'Why Psychologists Haven't Killed Off Character Disappointing Harman', unpub. ms
16. J. McDowell, 'Virtue and Reason', Monist 62, No. 3, (July 1979), 37-53
17. For extended' discussion, see J. Kupperman, 'How Values Congeal Into Facts', Ratio 33, No. 1 (March 2000), 37-53
18. See J. Kupperman, Value ... And What Follozos (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999)
19. Learning from Asian Philosophy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) Part 2, 'The Fluidity of Self
20. See J. Kupperman, 'Character and Self-Knowledge'roceedings of the Aristotelian Society 85 (1985), 219-128