Article 2: Is Contempt Redeemable? by Ronald deSousa

Journal of Philosophy of Emotion Podcast by Journal of Philosophy of Emotion

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Abstract: In this essay, I will focus on the two main objections that have been adduced against the moral acceptability of contempt: the fact that it embraces a whole person and not merely some deed or aspect of a person’s character, and the way that when addressed to a person in this way, it amounts to a denial of the very personhood of its target.

de Sousa, Ronald. 2019. "Is Contempt Redeemable?" Journal of Philosophy of Emotion 1, no. 1: 23-43. https://doi.org/10.33497/jpe.v1i1.10.

Keywords
contempt moral emotionsreactive attitudes intentional objectslove