Moral Psychology of Anger

The Moral Psychology of Anger is the first comprehensive study of the moral psychology of anger from a philosophical perspective. The collection provides an inclusive view of anger from a variety of philosophical perspectives.

List of contents

1. Introducing Anger, Myisha Cherry and Owen Flanagan / 2. The Common Source of Two Kinds of Anger Skepticism (and What to Do About It), Zac Cogley / 3. The Reason to Be Angry Forever?, Agnes Callard / 4. Anger and Oppression: A Tantric Buddhist Perspective, Emily McRae / 5. Transcending 'Transcending' Anger, David Shoemaker / 6. Valuing Anger, Antti Kauppinen / 7. Berserker Rage and the Contemporary Military, John Protevi / 8. Black Rage and the Moral Anger Police, Myisha Cherry / 9. Anger and Approbation, Lee A. McBride III / 10. Power and Anger in Social Hierarchies, Bryce Huebnur / 11. Free Will and Anger: An Argument Against Abolitionist Analogues, Justin Caouette / 12. Anger as a Political Emotion: A Phenomenological Perspective, Céline Leboeuf / Index

About the author

Myisha Cherry is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. Her other books include UnMuted: Conversations of Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice (2019). Her TEDx talk on anger has been viewed thousands of times. 

Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism (1991), Consciousness Reconsidered (1992) and The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility (2016).

Summary

The Moral Psychology of Anger is the first comprehensive study of the moral psychology of anger from a philosophical perspective. The collection provides an inclusive view of anger from a variety of philosophical perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Myisha Flanagan Cherry
• Assisted by: Myisha Cherry (Editor), Cherry Myisha (Editor), Owen Flanagan (Editor), Flanagan Owen (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2017
• EAN: 9781786600752
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-075-2
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Moral Psychology of the Emotio; Moral Psychology of the Emotions; Moral Psychology of the Emotions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology: emotions, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy