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826Shame, Violence, and MoralityPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 91 (1): 1-24. 2014.Shame is most frequently defined as the emotion we feel when we fail to live up to standards, norms, or ideals. I argue that this definition is flawed because it cannot explain some of the most paradigmatic features of shame. Agents often respond to shame with violence, but if shame is the painful feeling of failing to live up to an ideal, this response is unintelligible. I offer a new account of shame that can explain the link between shame and violence. On my view, shame arises out of a tensio…Read more
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Moral Emotion |
Moral Psychology |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Social and Political Philosophy |