How we hope : a moral psychology / Adrienne M. Martin.
What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our practical lives. She contends that hoping for an outcome means treating certain feelings, plans, and imag...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[2013]
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| Summary: | What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our practical lives. She contends that hoping for an outcome means treating certain feelings, plans, and imaginings as justified, and that hope thereby involves sophisticated reflective and conceptual capacities. Martin develops this original perspective on hope--what she calls the ""incorporation analysis""--In contrast to the two dominant philosophical conceptions of hope: the orthodox definition, where hoping for an outcome is simply desiring it while thinking it possible, and agent-centered views, where hoping for an outcome is setting oneself to pursue it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400848706 1400848709 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |
| Host Item Entry: | Title is part of the collection: De Gruyter Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility. |