This volume brings together, for the first time, perspectives from philosophy and psychology to investigate the role of autobiographical memory in moral agency. Autobiographical memory is the ability to recollect events in one's past as part of one's personal history. Moral agency is the ability to make moral judgements, act morally, and have a conception of the good life. Although a number of philosophers and psychologists have drawn attention to the role of autobiographical memory in moral agency, there is no sustained project that brings together these different lines of inquiry into a unified research area.
The aim of this volume is to answer this need by bringing together leading voices in research in autobiographical memory and moral agency from both philosophy and psychology to provide a unified framework for a new interdisciplinary research area. Key areas of research explored in this volume include temporal perspectives, moral identity, autobiographical narrative, joint reminiscing, the internalisation of moral value, attachments, and amnesia.
Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency will appeal to researchers and advanced students in philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, philosophy of education, developmental psychology, and educational psychology who are interested in the role of memory in moral psychology and moral development.
| ISBN: | 9781032644202 |
| Publication date: | 27th October 2025 |
| Author: | Daniel Vanello |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 340 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality Ethics and moral philosophy Cognition and cognitive psychology |
This volume brings together, for the first time, perspectives from philosophy and psychology to investigate the role of autobiographical memory in moral agency. Autobiographical memory is the ability to recollect events in one's past as part of one's personal history. Moral agency is the ability to make moral judgements, act morally, and have a conception of the good life. Although a number of philosophers and psychologists have drawn attention to the role of autobiographical memory in moral agency, there is no sustained project that brings together these different lines of inquiry into a unified research area.
The aim of this volume is to answer this need by bringing together leading voices in research in autobiographical memory and moral agency from both philosophy and psychology to provide a unified framework for a new interdisciplinary research area. Key areas of research explored in this volume include temporal perspectives, moral identity, autobiographical narrative, joint reminiscing, the internalisation of moral value, attachments, and amnesia.
Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency will appeal to researchers and advanced students in philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, philosophy of education, developmental psychology, and educational psychology who are interested in the role of memory in moral psychology and moral development.
Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency features in the following genres: Philosophy of mind, Ethics and moral philosophy, Moral and social purpose of education, Educational psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology
Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency is available in Hardback
Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency was written by Daniel Vanello and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Autobiographical Memory and Moral Agency has 340 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy series
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