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Emotional Life in Three Dimensions
Author(s) -
CHARLTON WILLIAM
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5930
pISSN - 0264-3758
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00404.x
Subject(s) - humanity , affect (linguistics) , sociology , epistemology , psychology , social psychology , environmental ethics , philosophy , communication , theology
I first summarise Martha Nussbaum's theory of emotion and place it against its historical background. Borrowing distinctions from Plato I then argue that the emotions discussed in Hiding From Humanity affect us primarily as social beings, not as individuals, and suggest modifying and educating them by social means.