Moralities of Everyday Life

by John Sabini, Maury Silver

Examines from the perspective of social psychology and analytical philosophy a wide range of ordinary behavior and emotions, including envy, gossip, procrastination, anger, and flirtation

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Philosophy

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Lobstergirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Psychology is not my thing. It bores me nearly to tears. But the chapter herein on the Holocaust ("On Destroying the Innocent with a Clear Conscience: A Sociopsychology of the Holocaust"), which discusses cruelty and genocide in conjunction with the experiments of Milgram and Zimbardo, is highly insightful. It could be profitably paired with a reading of Arendt on Eichmann. The chapter "Moral Reproach" is also useful. Other chapters, on gossip, flirtation, procrastination, and anger, I sped-read. This is a smallish book with lots of academic references.