Justifying Emotions: Pride and Jealousy

by Kristjansson,Kristjan

• ISBN13: 9780415408479
• ISBN10: 0415408474
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-12-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The emotions of pride and jealousy have long been controversial in both ethics and moral psychology. This text argues that emotions are central to morality and jealousy is an ingredient of a well-rounded virtuous life.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

Mapping out the Field

Introduction

Cognitive theories and their precursors

Taking stock: some critical comments on cognitivism

Preliminary remarks on responsibility, moral justification, and the higher emotions

Justifying Emotions: The Need for Moral Theory

Human Nature as the foundation of moral theory

The shortcomings of virtue ethics: moral and emotional conflict

Utilitarian naturalism and the emotions: an untapped source

Something to be Proud of: The Nature and Conditions of Moral and Emotional Excellence

Personhood integrity, and self-respect

Aristotle's megalopsychia

Pridefulness: pride, and shame

In Defence of Pridefulness

The value of pridefulness

The dependence upon luck

The extra value of the extraordinary

Moral equality, modesty, and humility

In Defence of Jealousy

Jealousy as a type of envy

Contrasting views

The peculiarities of sexual jealousy

Jealousy as a virtue

Teaching Emotional Virtue

Educating emotions

Why all the lingering doubts?

Didactics

Teaching the values of pride and jealousy

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

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