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Virtuous Emotions

Kristján Kristjánsson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:3rd May '18

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Many people are drawn towards virtue ethics because of the central place it gives to emotions in the good life. Yet it may seem odd to evaluate emotions as virtuous or non-virtuous, for how can we be held responsible for those powerful feelings that simply engulf us? And how can education help us to manage our emotional lives? The aim of this book is to offer readers a new Aristotelian analysis and moral justification of a number of emotions that Aristotle did not mention (awe, grief, and jealousy), or relegated, at best, to the level of the semi-virtuous (shame), or made disparaging remarks about (gratitude), or rejected explicitly (pity, understood as pain at another person's deserved bad fortune). Kristján Kristjánsson argues that there are good Aristotelian reasons for understanding those emotions either as virtuous or as indirectly conducive to virtue. Virtuous Emotions begins with an overview of Aristotle's ideas on the nature of emotions and of emotional value, and concludes with an account of Aristotelian emotion education.

he reflects in depth on the salient concerns he brings up in the main body of the text and offers questions for further consideration ... Recommended. * A. L. Lack, CHOICE *
This methodology results in a book which has immense value as a learning tool - as a manual or a textbook. This observation should not be taken as a back-handed compliment. Philosophy, and very specially Ancient Philosophy, is in dire need to reach out of its own boundaries, and Kristjánsson does that brilliantly. * Pilar Lopez-Cantero, Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Journal of Moral Philosophy *
This methodology results in a book which has immense value as a learning tool ... Philosophy, and very specially Ancient Philosophy,is in dire need to reach out of its own boundaries, and Kristjánsson does that brilliantly. * Pilar Lopez-Cantero, Journal of Moral PhilosophyNancy E. Snow, Theory and Research in Education *

ISBN: 9780198809678

Dimensions: 242mm x 164mm x 20mm

Weight: 518g

240 pages