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| Emotions: A. philosophy of mind is usually defined by examples such as joy, fear, anger in order to distinguish it from other internal states. It is controversial whether emotions are triggered solely by external circumstances. See also sensations, perception, mental states, mind states, consciousness, stimuli, introspection, other minds.
B. In psychology, emotion is a complex, subjective experience characterized by physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and a cognitive appraisal. Emotions influence mood, motivate behavior, and play a crucial role in social interactions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Emotions - Dictionary of Arguments
I 443 Emotions/shame/Rawls: Regret and shame affect oneself, but the shame is more concentrated on the person. It concerns the value of our person(1)(2)(3)(4). The shame is in relation to a principle that has been violated. >Principles/Rawls. I 444 Natural shame/Rawls: does not stem from the loss of a good, but from a violation of our self-esteem in connection with the non-exercise of an ability we possess(5). >Morals/Rawls. Moral shame/Rawls: occurs when, for this purpose, we still accept the concept of the good person, the good human, and this human fails to use those qualities which he himself describes as essential for the execution of his life plan. I 445 Feelings of guilt/Rawls: on the other hand, these are caused by a self-felt violation of the sense of justice or the principle of justice. >Guilt, >Justice. 1. See William McDougall, An Introduction to Social Psychology (London, 1908), pp. 124-128. 2. See also Gerhart Piers and Milton Singer, Shame and Guilt (Springfield, Ill. 1953). 3. See also Erik Erikson, „Identity and the Life Cycle“, Psychological Issues, Vol. 1 (1959), pp. 39-41, 65-70. (4) See also Stanley Cavell, „The Avoidance of Love“, in Must We Mean What We Say? (New York, 1969, pp. 278, 286f.) (5) See William James, The Principles of Psychology, Vol. I (New York, 1890)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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