Overview
Calls for greater differentiation of both research and applied psychology standards in the globalised world
Examines the cultural and political sources of the current Czech moral sentiments
Studies the concept of moral integrity from an Eastern European perspective
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Philosophy and Psychology
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Biology
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Moral Integrity Research
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Cultural Views
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Keywords
- morality studies
- Psychology of Integrity
- moral judgement
- Psychometric Properties of Integrity Measures
- psychodynamic
- National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic (NIMH)
- bioethics
- Theravada Buddhism
- Kantian Deontology
- Czech Moral Philosophy
- Moral Foundations Theory
- Moral Disengagement
- Positive Psychology
- Kernberg’s Psychodynamic Model of Personality Organisation
- positive Psychology
- Psychopathology
- psychometrics
- Phenomenology
About this book
This book discusses outcomes of a study by the National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic, examining moral integrity in the post-communist Czech-speaking environment. Chapters map the history of the Euro-Atlantic ethical disciplines from moral philosophy and psychology to evolutionary neuroscience and socio-biology. The authors emphasize the biological and social conditionality of ethics and call for greater differentiation of both research and applied psychological standards in today’s globalised world. Using a non-European ethical system – Theravada Buddhism – as a case study, the authors explore the differences in English and Czech interpretations of the religion. They analyse cognitive styles and language as central variables in formatting and interpreting moral values, with important consequences for cultural transferability of psychological instruments. This book will appeal to academics and other specialists in psychology, psychiatry, sociology and related fields, as well as to readers interested in the psychology of ethics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Marek Preiss is Associate Professor and the Head of Department of Clinical Psychology at NIMH, and the University of New York in Prague, leading research projects in the area of moral integrity, personality and neuropsychology, with abundant international publications.
Tereza Příhodová is a US graduated junior research psychologist and PhD student at NIMH, Czech Republic.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Contextual Character of Moral Integrity
Book Subtitle: Transcultural Psychological Applications
Authors: Dita Šamánková, Marek Preiss, Tereza Příhodová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89536-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89535-2Published: 26 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07796-9Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89536-9Published: 12 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 229
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Moral Philosophy, Cross Cultural Psychology, Bioethics, Self and Identity