Hard feelings: the moral psychology of contempt

Abstract

Introduction: The Moral Importance Of Chapter 1: What Is Contempt? 1.1 And Feeling Theories Of Emotion 1.2 Intentionality, Rationality, And Cognitive Theories Of Emotion 1.3 Contempt's Evaluative Presentation 1.4 Active And Passive 1.5 Contempt, Hatred And Disgust 1.5.1 And Disgust 1.5.2 And Hatred 1.6 Potential Problem Cases 1.6.1 For Non-Persons 1.6.2 Self-Contempt Chapter 2: As A Fitting Globalist Emotion 2.1 Can Ever Fit Its Target? 2.2 Defending Against The Fittingness Objection 2.3 Fitting Evaluative Prioritizations 2.4 Relationships, Fittingness, And Fitting Attitude Accounts Of Value Chapter 3: And The Vices Of Superiority 3.1 Superbia And Vices Of Superiority 3.2 Hypocrisy And Arrogance 3.3 As An Answer To Vices Of Superiority 3.4 Cowardice, Stupidity, And Lightheartedness Chapter 4: The Moral Value Of 4.1 Passive In Aristotle And Nietzsche 4.2 Contempt's Aptness Conditions 4.3 Contempt's Moral Value 4.3.1 Contempt's Instrumental Value 4.3.2 Contempt's Non-Instrumental Value 4.4 Challenges To An Ethic Of 4.4.1 Contempt's Globalism And Aptness 4.4.2 Respect-Based Arguments Against 4.4.3 And Comparisons 4.4.4 Withdrawal And Moral Address 4.5 Do We Have An Obligation To Contemn? Chapter 5: Contempt, Racism, And Civility's Limits 5.1. And Anti-Black Racism: The Case Of The Obama Bucks Cartoon 5.2 Race-Based As A Vice 5.3 Race-Based As Unfitting 5.4 Race-Based As Inapt 5.5 And Civility Chapter 6: Contempt, Forgiveness, And Reconciliation 6.1 A Problem With The Standard Account Of Forgiveness 6.2 The Fundamental Features Of Forgiveness 6.3 The Standard Account Of Our Reasons To Forgive 6.3.1 Repentance 6.3.2 Excuses And Good Intentions 6.4 Reasons To Overcome Through Forgiveness 6.4.1 Character Transformation 6.4.2 Shame 6.5 Do We Genuinely Forgive In Overcoming Contempt? 6.6 Contempt, Symbolic Reparations And Social Reconciliation Conclusion: Contempt Is Not A Thing to Be Despised Bibliography