Hard feelings
Subtitle: the moral psychology of contempt
By: Macalester Bell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780199794140; 9780199332625
Subjects: Aversioner; Känslor; Psychology; Moral; Contempt (Attitude); Moralpsychologie; Geringschätzung
Description: "Using a wide variety of examples, Bell provides an account of the nature of contempt and its virtues and vices. While some insist that contempt is always unfitting because of its globalism, Bell argues that this objection mischaracterizes the assessments of persons that are at the heart of contempt. Contempt is, in some cases, the best way of responding to arrogance, hypocrisy, and other vices of superiority"--Jacket, p. [2].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction: the moral importance of contempt; title: What is contempt?; title: Contempt as a fitting globalist emotion; title: Contempt and the vices of superiority; title: The moral value of contempt; title: Contempt, racism, and civility's limits; title: Contempt, forgiveness, and reconciliation; title: Conclusion: Contempt is not a thing to be despised."