"This book provides a variety of diverse perspectives related to the ethics of anger, some more analytical in nature, others focused on practical issues, some in defense of anger, and others arguing against its necessity. This book is an essential resource for scholars who want to reflect critically on the place of anger in contemporary life"--.

• Cover
• The Ethics of Anger
• The Ethics of Anger
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I The Human Experience of Anger
• Chapter 1
• The Nature and Ethics of Vengeful Anger
  • Section One: The Phenomenology of Vengeful Anger
  • Section Two: Self-Esteem and Vengefulness
  • Section Three: Aristotle and Seneca
  • Section Four: The Conditions of Ethical Vengeful Anger
  • Section Five: Taking Revenge
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 2
• The Psychology of Anger
  • The New Synthesis in Moral Psychology
  • Virtue Theories
  • A Pause for Reflection
  • A Psychological Understanding of Anger
  • Control of Anger
  • Situation Management
  • Cultivating Virtues
  • Conclusion
  • Reference List
• Part II Moral Responses
• Chapter 3
• The Moral Necessity of Anger
  • The Constitutive View
  • The Necessity Claim
  • The Desirability Claim
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 4
• Understanding Joseph Butler’s Sermons on Resentment and Forgiveness
  • Butler’s Two Sermons
  • Murphy: Forgiveness as Forswearing Resentment
  • Newberry: Forgiveness as Forswearing Retaliation
  • Weitzel: Forgiveness Undefined
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 5
• Anger as an Unnecessary Response
  • Anger and Self-Respect
  • Anger as Unnecessary (and Inappropriate) Response
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 6
• Moral Anger in Classical Confucianism
  • The Interpretive Project
  • The Applied Project
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 7
• Is Anger Ever Required? Ārya Śāntideva on Anger and Its Antidotes
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Part III Practical Responses
• Chapter 8
• Stoking Anger and Weaponizing Untruth
  • Anger: A Moral Emotion?
  • Mind Viruses
  • Spreading Mind Viruses: Weaponizing Untruth, Creating Fear, and Stoking Anger
  • Transmission via Lies and Ad Hominems
  • Transmission via Fake News and Social Media
  • Fear, Transitional Anger, and the Hope for a Vaccine
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 9
• Rage against the Machine
  • Oppression and Interpersonal Wrongdoing
  • Political Anger as a Vaccine
  • Anger as a Political Virtue
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 10
• Feminism and Anger
  • The Call to Acknowledge Racism
  • Cost of Privilege
  • Anzaldúa and Anger
  • Alliances
  • Reference List
• Chapter 11
• Anger and Punishment
  • Anger’s Relevance to a Theory of Punishment
  • Retributivism and Anger
  • Virtuous Anger
  • Foundations of Retributivism
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Chapter 12
• Avoiding the Dark Side
  • Anakin’s Turn to the Dark Side
  • Characters Who Struggle with the Dark Side
  • The Dark Side of Music
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Notes
  • Reference List
• Index
• About the Contributors