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Whether we like it or not, boredom is a major part of human life. It permeates and affects our personal, social, practical, and moral existence. In this volume, world-renowned researchers come together to explore a neglected but crucially important aspect of boredom: it's relationship to morality.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
The Moral Significance of Boredom: An Introduction
Andreas Elpidorou
From Electric Shocks to the Electoral College: How Boredom Steers Moral BehaviorMeltem Yucel and Erin C. Westgate
The Existential Sting of Boredom: Implications for Moral Judgments and BehaviorEric R. Igou and Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg
Boredom and the Lost SelfShane W. Bench, Heather C. Lench, Yidou Wan, Kaitlyn Kaiser, and Kenneth A. Perez
"Rage Spread Thin": Boredom and AggressionJames Danckert
Losing and Finding Agency: The Crisis of BoredomJohn D. Eastwood and Dana Gorelik
Boredom Mismanagement and Attributions of Social and Moral CostsMcWelling Todman
Boredom and Poverty: A Theoretical Model Andreas Elpidorou
The Epistemic Benefits of Irrational BoredomLisa Bortolotti and Matilde Aliffi
Boredom as Cognitive AppetiteVida Yao
Boredom, Interest, and Meaning in LifeWendell O'Brien
Parallels to Boredom in Non-human AnimalsRebecca K. Meagher and Jesse Robbins
The Long Hard Road Out of BoredomJosefa Ros Velasco
Index
About the Contributors
About the author
Andreas Elpidorou is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Louisville. He specializes in the philosophical study of the mind and has published extensively on the nature of emotions (especially, boredom), consciousness, and cognition. He is the co-author of Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program (2018) and the author of Propelled Toward the Good Life (2020).
Summary
Whether we like it or not, boredom is a major part of human life. It permeates and affects our personal, social, practical, and moral existence. In this volume, world-renowned researchers come together to explore a neglected but crucially important aspect of boredom: it’s relationship to morality.
