A comparison of the moral emotions concepts 'shame' and 'guilt' from the Western and Islamic perspectives

• Main Authors: Sawai, Rezki Perdani, Mohd Noah, Sidek, Krauss, Steven Eric, Juhari, Rumaya, Abdullah, Salhah, Khalid, Muhammad Yusuf, Mohd Ghazali, Norzulaili
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64443/1/fail3.cfm-3.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64443/

Shame and guilt are two higher-order emotions which are believed to play a role in motivating moral behavior and developing moral character. It is for this reason that they are also referred to as moral emotions. Emotions help people to distinguish moral features in specific contexts, to motivate mo...