TY  - GEN
AB  - Scrupulosity is a form of OCD that raises philosophical puzzles because of its superficial similarities to morally extreme, non-pathological motivation. Cases of scrupulosity are first presented, then scrupulosity is characterized as a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) because of its moral or religious obsessions and/or compulsions and its underlying anxiety. Scrupulosity is specifically characterized by perfectionism, chronic doubt and intolerance of uncertainty, and moral thought-action fusion. It is a mental illness and not simply religious devotion, moral virtue, or strength of character. Scrupulous moral judgments differ from genuine moral judgments because their underlying anxiety leads to systematic distortions and leads those with scrupulosity to act in a way that primarily soothes their anxiety instead of responding to the morally relevant features of the situation.
AU  - Summers, Jesse S.,
CN  - Oxford Scholarship Online
CN  - RC533
ID  - 899784
KW  - Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
KW  - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW  - Scruples.
KW  - Perfectionism (Personality trait)
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190058692.001.0001
N2  - Scrupulosity is a form of OCD that raises philosophical puzzles because of its superficial similarities to morally extreme, non-pathological motivation. Cases of scrupulosity are first presented, then scrupulosity is characterized as a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) because of its moral or religious obsessions and/or compulsions and its underlying anxiety. Scrupulosity is specifically characterized by perfectionism, chronic doubt and intolerance of uncertainty, and moral thought-action fusion. It is a mental illness and not simply religious devotion, moral virtue, or strength of character. Scrupulous moral judgments differ from genuine moral judgments because their underlying anxiety leads to systematic distortions and leads those with scrupulosity to act in a way that primarily soothes their anxiety instead of responding to the morally relevant features of the situation.
SN  - 9780190058722 
T1  - Clean hands? :philosophical lessons from scrupulosity /
TI  - Clean hands? :philosophical lessons from scrupulosity /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190058692.001.0001
ER  -