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Emotions, Ethics, and Authenticity.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (244 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789027288752
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 152.4
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Contents:
Emotions, Ethics, and Authenticity -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Authenticity, emotions, and the self -- Self-love and the structure of personal values -- The self of shame -- Authenticity and self-governance -- Part II. Ramifications of emotional authenticity -- Picturing the authenticity of emotions -- Status, gender, and the politics of emotional authenticity -- How to be "emotional"? -- Authenticity and occupational emotions -- Part III. Emotional authenticity in ethics and moral psychology -- Is emotivism more authentic than cognitivism? -- Emotional authenticity as a central basis of moral psychology -- Authentic emotions as ethical guides? -- Emotional optimality and moral force -- Index -- The series Consciousness &amp -- Emotion Book.
Summary: The relationship of emotions, ethics, and authenticity constitutes a nexus of philosophical and psychological problems with wide interdisciplinary relevance. What is the proper role of emotions in moral behavior and theory; are emotions reliable guides to our authentic personal values; and finally; what does it mean to be authentic in one's emotions, assuming that there is such thing as emotional authenticity in the first place? The various contributions of this book seek to answer these vexing but rarely discussed questions, offering a broad intellectual tour that ranges from philosophy to psychology, sociology, and gender studies.
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Emotions, Ethics, and Authenticity -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Authenticity, emotions, and the self -- Self-love and the structure of personal values -- The self of shame -- Authenticity and self-governance -- Part II. Ramifications of emotional authenticity -- Picturing the authenticity of emotions -- Status, gender, and the politics of emotional authenticity -- How to be "emotional"? -- Authenticity and occupational emotions -- Part III. Emotional authenticity in ethics and moral psychology -- Is emotivism more authentic than cognitivism? -- Emotional authenticity as a central basis of moral psychology -- Authentic emotions as ethical guides? -- Emotional optimality and moral force -- Index -- The series Consciousness &amp -- Emotion Book.

The relationship of emotions, ethics, and authenticity constitutes a nexus of philosophical and psychological problems with wide interdisciplinary relevance. What is the proper role of emotions in moral behavior and theory; are emotions reliable guides to our authentic personal values; and finally; what does it mean to be authentic in one's emotions, assuming that there is such thing as emotional authenticity in the first place? The various contributions of this book seek to answer these vexing but rarely discussed questions, offering a broad intellectual tour that ranges from philosophy to psychology, sociology, and gender studies.

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