Justifying Emotions: Pride and Jealousy

by Kristjansson,Kristjan

• ISBN13: 9780415266673
• ISBN10: 041526667X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-21
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

The two central emotions of pride and jealousy have long been held to have no role in moral judgments, and have been a source of controversy in both ethics and moral psychology. Kristjan Kristjansson challenges this prevalent 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.

Author Biography

Kristjan Kristjansson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Akureyri, Iceland.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Mapping out the field	1	(48)
Introduction	1	(7)
Cognitive theories and their precursors	8	(12)
Taking stock: some critical comments on cognitivism	20	(16)
Preliminary remarks on responsibility, moral justification, and the `negative' emotions	36	(13)
Justifying emotions: the need for moral theory	49	(42)
Human nature as the foundation of moral theory	49	(14)
The shortcomings of virtue ethics: moral and emotional conflict	63	(13)
Utilitarian naturalism and the emotions: an untapped source	76	(15)
Something to be proud of: the nature and conditions of moral and emotional excellence	91	(20)
Personhood, integrity, and self-respect	91	(8)
Aristotle's megalopsychia	99	(5)
Pridefulness: pride and shame	104	(7)
In defence of pridefulness	111	(25)
The value of pridefulness	111	(8)
The dependence upon luck	119	(7)
The extra value of the extraordinary	126	(4)
Moral equality, modesty, and humility	130	(6)
In defence of jealousy	136	(34)
Jealousy as a type of envy	136	(9)
Contrasting views	145	(10)
The peculiarities of sexual jealousy	155	(6)
Jealousy as a virtue	161	(9)
Teaching emotional virtue	170	(35)
Educating emotions	170	(9)
Why all the lingering doubt?	179	(8)
Didactics	187	(9)
Teaching the virtues of pride and jealousy	196	(9)
Concluding remarks	205	(6)
Notes	211	(31)
Bibliography	242	(11)
Index	253