Kristjansson Justifying Emotions

Pride and Jealousy
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-50032-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

The two central emotions of pride and jealousy have long been held to have no role in moral judgements, and have been a source of controversy in both ethics and moral psychology. Kristjan Kristjansson challenges this common view and argues that emotions are central to moral excellence and that both pride and jealousy are indeed ingredients of a well-rounded virtuous life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kristjansson, Kristjan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication, Contents, Preface, Chapter 1. Mapping out the Field: 1.1 Introduction, 1.2 Cognitive theories and their precursors, 1.3 Taking stock: some critical comments on cognitivism 1.4 Preliminary remarks on responsibility, moral justification, and the higher emotions. Chapter 2. Justifying Emotions: The Need for Moral Theory: 2.1 Human Nature as the foundation of moral theory 2.2 The shortcomings of virtue ethics: moral and emotional conflict 2.3 Utilitarian naturalism and the emotions: an untapped source. Chapter 3. Something to be Proud of: The Nature and Conditions of Moral and Emotional Excellence: 3.1 Personhood integrity, and self-respect 3.2 Aristotle's megalopsychia 3.3 pridefulness: pride, and shame. Chapter 4. In Defence of Pridefulness: 4.1 The value of pridefulness 4.2 The dependence upon luck 4.3 The extra value of the extraordinary 4.4 Moral equality, modesty, and humility. Chapter 5. In Defence of Jealousy: 5.1 Jealousy as a type of envy 5.2 Contrasting views 5.3 The peculiarities of sexual jealousy 5.4 Jealousy as a virtue. Chapter 6. Teaching Emotional Virtue 6.1 Educating emotions 6.2 Why all the lingering doubts? 6.3 Didactics 6.4 Teaching the values of pride and jealousy. Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks. Bibliography.