The Case for Moral Realism with Brent Slife

The Moral Science Podcast

Dr. Brent Slife is an Emeritus professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University and is the Editor-in-chief of the APA’s Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He has been honored with numerous awards for his outstanding research and teaching career and in addition to these many achievements, he’s authored and co-authored 9 books. Today, we discuss his most recent book, co-edited with Stephen Yanchar, titled Hermeneutic Moral Realism: Theory and Practice.

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Dr. Slife's book, Hermeneutic Moral Realism in Psychology: Theory and Practice

Relationally-oriented girls' boarding school, Greenbrier Academy

Svend Brinkmann's book, Psychology as a Moral Science

Dr. Slife's Presentation, "Is Social Justice Justified?"

Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue & narrative work

Charles Taylor's book, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity