No Need to Get Emotional? Emotions and Heuristics

Many believe that values are crucially dependent on emotions. This paper focuses on epistemic aspects of the putative link between emotions and value by asking two related questions. First, how exactly are emotions supposed to latch onto or track values? And second, how well suited are emotions to d...

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Main Author: Szigeti, András (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2013
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2013, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 845-862
Further subjects:B Heuristics
B Value
B Sentimentalism
B Metaethics
B Emotions
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