Clean hands? : philosophical lessons from scrupulosity /

People with scrupulosity have rigorous, obsessive moral beliefs that lead them to perform extreme, compulsive moral acts. A waitress with this condition checks and rechecks levels of cleaners and solvents to avoid any risk of poisoning her customers. Another individual asks repeatedly whether he fas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Summers, Jesse S. (Author), Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Cases
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Scrupulosity as a form of OCD
  • Mental illness
  • Character and virtue
  • Moral judgments
  • Responsibility
  • Treatment.