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Transitional Anger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2015

MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM*
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOmartha_nussbaum@uchicago.edu

Abstract:

A close philosophical analysis of the emotion of anger will show that it is normatively irrational: in some cases, based on futile magical thinking, in others, based on defective values.

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Articles
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Copyright © The Author 2015 

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