The Moral Psychology of Resentment
The Moral Psychology of Resentment
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Description
Although resentment gets a lot of bad press for undermining relationships and polarizing people, it is also essential to our interpersonal moral accountability practices.
We blame others by resenting them and we forgive them by forswearing this resentment. Moreover, resentment often seems to be the most fitting response to disrespect, injustice, and enmity. Therefore, if we want to better understand our interpersonal responsibility practices and how to respond to injustice, we need to better understand resentment. Does resentment necessarily involve a desire for revenge? Is it an emotion or a sentiment? What makes resentment fitting? What gives someone the standing to resent another person? How is resentment related to self-respect? Is resentment the only morally appropriate way to respond to wrongdoing, injustice, or injury? Does being resentful negatively affect our well-being? Is resentment politically valuable?
These are among the important questions grappled with in this collection, edited by Antti Kauppinen and Max Lewis, which presents cutting-edge research on the metaphysics, psychology, and normativity of resentment from preeminent scholars in philosophy and psychology. Given the rising interest in reactive attitudes, having a better grasp of the nature, normativity, and value of resentment will be indispensable for a clearer picture of the reactive attitudes in general and specific reactive attitudes-such as gratitude and guilt-in particular.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2. Resentment and Acceptance, Kwong-loi Shun (University of California, Berkley, USA)
Chapter 3. Ressentiment as a Reactive Attitude, Joel A. Van Fossen (Boston University, USA)
Chapter 4. Resentment and Gratitude, Tony Manela (Sienna College, USA)
Chapter 5. Resentment and Recognition, Michelle Mason Bizri (University of Minnesota, USA)
Chapter 6. Resentment and the Assertion of Moral Claims, R. Jay Wallace (University of California, Berkley, USA)
Chapter 7. The Role of Resentment in Emotion Regulation, Christine Tappolet (University of Montréal, Canada)
Chapter 8. Standing to Resent, Coleen Macnamara (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Chapter 9. Standing Above a Wrong, Stefan Riedener (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Chapter 10. Resentment as a Mental Health Issue and Forgiveness as Treatment, Robert D. Enright (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA & International Forgiveness Institute, lnc.) and Jacqueline Y. Song (University of Francisco de Vitoria Madrid, Spain & International Forgiveness Institute, Inc.)
Chapter 11. Two Types of Resentment, Mikko Salmela (University of Helsinki & University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Thomas Szanto (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Chapter 12. Resentment and Self-respect, Katie Stockdale (University of Victoria, Canada)
Index
Product details
| Published | 11 Jun 2026 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 1 |
| ISBN | 9781666947038 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Series | Moral Psychology of the Emotions |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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