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Michael Slote has long been one of the foremost contributors to discussions in moral theory. Both his work on consequentialism and his particular version of virtue ethics have been highly influential. In recent years, Slote has developed a distinctive and original voice, placing his various theoretical endeavours under the title of "sentimentalism". His key ethical work in this context is Moral Sentimentalism, which, uniquely, defends versions of both a metaethical and aretaic sentimentalist theory. The present volume is an extended discussion of that work, containing eight original commentaries and a substantial response by Slote, which provide fresh insights into his position. The collection will be of significant value to anyone interested in contemporary debates in meta-ethics or normative ethics

In recent years there has been a tremendous resurgence of interest in ethical sentimentalism, a moral theory first articulated during the Scottish Enlightenment. Ethical Sentimentalism promises a conception of morality that is grounded in a realistic account of human psychology, which, correspondingly, acknowledges the central place of emotion in our moral lives. However, this promise has encountered its share of philosophical difficulties. Chief among them is the question of how to square the limited scope of human motivation and psychological mechanism - so easily influenced by personal, social, and cultural circumstance - with the seeming universal scope and objective nature of moral judgment. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive evaluation of the sentimentalist project with a particular eye to this difficulty. Each essay offers critical clarification, innovative answers to central challenges, and new directions for ethical sentimentalism in general

What is dolorology? -- Sublime pain and the subject of sentimentalism -- Anesthesia, birthpain and civilization -- Picturing racial pain -- Late modern pain

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: What Is Dolorology? -- Sentimentalism and Pain -- Pain and Biopolitics -- Pain and Speaking -- Chapters -- Chapter Two: Sublime Pain and the Subject of Sentimentalism -- Gendered Aesthetics -- Sublime Physiology -- Muscle Compassion -- The Racial Sublime -- Americanizing Pain -- Chapter Three: Anesthesia, Birthpain, and Civilization -- Medical Martyrs -- Anesthesia and the Medical Gaze -- The Pains of Reproduction -- Birthpain As Racial Relay -- Overcivilization and Self-Conduct -- From Women's Anesthesia to Feminist Eugenics -- Anesthesia and Democracy -- Chapter Four: Picturing Racial Pain -- Histories of the Back -- Gordon -- Peter -- Pain and Racial Memory -- White Pain and the Nation -- Biopolitical Portraits -- Margaret Garner's Necropolitics -- The Children of Louisiana -- Passing Over -- Theatrical Slavery -- National Protection -- Miscegenation Portrait -- Visual Dolorologies -- Chapter Five: Late Modern Pain -- Democratic Pornography -- Unscathed Life -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.