@article {Williams:May 2008:1740-4681:118, author = "Williams, Reginald", title = "Morality and Privilege", journal = "Journal of Moral Philosophy", volume = "5", year = "May 2008", abstract = "This paper discusses, from a moral psychology perspective, the putative fact that many people's socio-economic status makes it difficult for them to live what their philosophical thinking suggests is a fully moral life—an under-appreciated fact, or better phenomenon, that I call 'culturo-socio-divergence'. Section 1 explicates my distinction between 'culture' (the philosophical thinking of one's time) and 'society' (socio-economic conditions). Section 2 highlights some ways in which the culture and society in America can be seen as divergent, and section 3 discusses the significance of this divergence for moral psychology, linking the experience of culturo-socio-divergence with that of both guilt and shame. Finally, section 4 sketches this paper's implications for future research.", pages = "118-135(18)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/jmp/2008/00000005/00000001/art00007" doi = "doi:10.1163/174552408X306753" }