Passions and Emotions 0814760147, 9780814760147

Throughout the history of moral, political, and legal philosophy, many have portrayed passions and emotions as being opp

669 98 1MB

English Pages 338 [351] Year 2012

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD FILE

Polecaj historie

Passions and Emotions
 0814760147, 9780814760147

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Contributors
PART I. Passion and Impartiality: Passions and emotions in Moral Judgment
1. Constructive Sentimentalism: Legal and
Political Implications
2. Sentimentalism without Relativism
3. Legislating with Affect: Emotion and Legislative Law Making
4. The Nature and Ethics of Vengeful Anger
Part II. Passion and Motivation: Passions and Emotions in Democratic Politics
5. Reason, Passion, and Democratic Politics: Old
Conceptions—New Understandings —New Possibilities
6. Emotion and Deliberation: The Autonomous Citizen in the Social World
7. Reliable Democratic Habits and Emotions
8. Democracy and the Nonsovereign Self
Part III. Passion and Dispassion: Passions and Emotions in Legal Interpretation
9. The Anti-Empathic Turn
10. Systems and Feelings
11. Anti-Empathy and Dispassionateness in Adjudication
12. Equity over Empathy
Index

Citation preview

PASSIONS AND EMOTIONS NOMOS

LIII