2019
DOI: 10.33497/jpe.v1i1.7
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Forgiveness and the Multiple Functions of Anger

Abstract: This paper defends an account of forgiveness that is sensitive to recent work on anger. Like others, we claim anger involves an appraisal, namely that someone has done something wrong. But, we add, anger has two further functions. First, anger communicates to the wrongdoer that her act has been appraised as wrong and demands she feel guilty. This function enables us to explain why apologies make it reasonable to forgo anger and forgive. Second, anger sanctions the wrongdoer for what she has done. This function… Show more

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“…Misandry aims to communicate a felt (or anticipated) injustice or moral violation, and it serves the normative function of expressing that the cause of this injustice is morally wrong and ought to be otherwise. This twofold characterisation of misandry is developed in line with feminist epistemological approaches to emotion that argue for a critical re-evaluation of the politically and epistemically resourceful nature of anger (Jaggar, 1989; Chemaly, 2018; Srinivasan, 2018, p. 128; Aumann and Cogley, 2019, p. 46). Such emphases on the epistemic value of anger—especially when experienced in response to racial or gender oppression—must be distinguished clearly from the destructive character of hatred (Lorde, 2019 [1981], p. 122).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Misandry aims to communicate a felt (or anticipated) injustice or moral violation, and it serves the normative function of expressing that the cause of this injustice is morally wrong and ought to be otherwise. This twofold characterisation of misandry is developed in line with feminist epistemological approaches to emotion that argue for a critical re-evaluation of the politically and epistemically resourceful nature of anger (Jaggar, 1989; Chemaly, 2018; Srinivasan, 2018, p. 128; Aumann and Cogley, 2019, p. 46). Such emphases on the epistemic value of anger—especially when experienced in response to racial or gender oppression—must be distinguished clearly from the destructive character of hatred (Lorde, 2019 [1981], p. 122).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…One might also consider the study of specific kinds of emotion or species of emotion. For example, grief [53]; boredom, frustration, and anticipation [54,55]; contempt [56]; envy [57,58]; anger [59][60][61]; disgust [62]; shame [63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74]; and love [75][76][77][78].…”
Section: General Interests In the Philosophy Of Emotionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These perform appraising, communicating and sanctioning functions. They appraise the action as morally wrong, they convey to the wrongdoers that appraisal and they sanction the wrongdoers for what they did (Aumann & Cogley 2019). It can be said that they play a positive and valuable role in the functioning of individuals in interpersonal relationships, especially from the perspective of the possibility of experiencing another harm (Hieronymi 2001, 546;Murphy & Hampton 2002, 16-17).…”
Section: Harm As a Source Of Loss Of Subjectivity By The Victim In The Relationship With The Perpetratormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Emotions arising from the experience of harm and the dynamics of their development in victims are the subject of numerous analyses in psychological and philosophical literature, in which affects, passions and actions are distinguished and the subject of given emotions is identified (Brudholm 2010;Aumann & Cogley 2019). Moreover, emotions are also the subject of reflection in the philosophy of law, where answers not only to the question of how negative emotions shape legal systems, but also to how legal systems are used to express negative emotions aroused in victims after experiencing harm, are sought (Murphy 2005;Nussbaum 2016).…”
Section: Harm As a Source Of Loss Of Subjectivity By The Victim In The Relationship With The Perpetratormentioning
confidence: 99%