Diversity of judgments: reason and emotions in forensic practice
Abstract
The paper questions the role of emotions in judicial persuasion: first, we will provide a brief overview of the affective states, focusing on the structure of the s.c. epistemic feelings; then, we will present some experiments which are going to be developed in a current research-project in a local court in Italy, to understand the interpersonal effects of epistemic feelings on judicial persuasion; finally, we will draw conclusive reflections on the relationship between forensic rhetoric and emotion.
Diversity of judgments: reason and emotions in forensic practice
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The paper questions the role of emotions in judicial persuasion: first, we will provide a brief overview of the affective states, focusing on the structure of the s.c. epistemic feelings; then, we will present some experiments which are going to be developed in a current research-project in a local court in Italy, to understand the interpersonal effects of epistemic feelings on judicial persuasion; finally, we will draw conclusive reflections on the relationship between forensic rhetoric and emotion.
