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What Then Shall We Do: The Work Doris Left

John M. Doris argues two claims that sit at the root of moral psychology. Character traits as Aristotle and his descendants describe them do not exist, or exist in forms too weak to carry the weight the tradition places on … Continue reading

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The Dime in the Phone Booth: John M. Doris and the Science of Moral Failure

John M. Doris is born in 1963 and raised in Ithaca, New York, a Cornell faculty brat. His father, John L. Doris (1923-2008), is a developmental psychologist in Cornell’s School of Human Ecology, an applied scholar who works on the … Continue reading

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