The Moral Psychology of Envy

doi:10.5771/9781538160077

The Moral Psychology of Envy

Published 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538160077
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-6006-0
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-6007-7
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

Envy is a vicious and shameful response to the good fortune of others, one that ruins friendships and plagues societies—or so the common thinking goes, shaped by millennia of religious and cultural condemnation. Envy’s bad reputation is not completely unwarranted; envy can indeed motivate malicious and counterproductive behavior and may strain or even tear apart relations between people. However, that is not always the case. Investigating the complex nature of this emotion reveals that it plays important functions in social hierarchies and it can motivate one to self-improve and even to achieve moral virtue.

Philosophers and psychologists in this volume explore envy’s characteristics in different cultures, spanning from small hunter-gatherer communities to large industrialized countries, to contexts as diverse as academia, marketing, artificial intelligence, and Buddhism. They explore envy’s role in both the personal and the political sphere, showing the many ways in which envy can either contribute or detract to our flourishing as individuals and as citizens of modern democracies.

Schlagworte

Philosophy Morality of Envy Psychology of Envy Political envy Emulative Envy Envy and Virtue Benign Envy jealousy envy

Keywords

ethics morality psychology desire emotions behavior virtue

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i–vi Preface i–vi
- Contents
1–22 Introduction Sara Protasi Sara Protasi 1–22
23–40 Chapter 1 A Sociocultural Perspective on Envy Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera 23–40
41–60 Chapter 2 How Envy and Being Envied Shape Social Hierarchies Jens Lange, Jan Crusius Jens Lange, Jan Crusius 41–60
61–76 Chapter 3 On the Epistemic Effects of Envy in Academia Felipe Romero Felipe Romero 61–76
77–92 Chapter 4 “I Could Have Been You” Íngrid Vendrell Ferran Íngrid Vendrell Ferran 77–92
93–110 Chapter 5 Envy, Compassion, and the Buddhist (No)Self Christina Chuang Christina Chuang 93–110
111–128 Chapter 6 Let the Donkeys Be Donkeys Maria Silvia Vaccarezza, Ariele Niccoli Maria Silvia Vaccarezza, Ariele Niccoli 111–128
129–146 Chapter 7 Malicious Moral Envy Vanessa Carbonell Vanessa Carbonell 129–146
147–162 Chapter 8 “You’re Just Jealous!” Neal A. Tognazzini Neal A. Tognazzini 147–162
163–180 Chapter 9 The Fact of Envy Miriam Bankovsky Miriam Bankovsky 163–180
181–198 Chapter 10 The Politics of Envy Alfred Archer, Alan Thomas, and Bart Engelen Alfred Archer, Alan Thomas, and Bart Engelen 181–198
199–216 Chapter 11 To Envy an Algorithm Alison Duncan Kerr Alison Duncan Kerr 199–216
217–236 Chapter 12 The Envious Consumer Niels van de Ven Niels van de Ven 217–236
237–246 Index 237–246
247–252 About the Contributors 247–252

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