Naked : the dark side of shame and moral life / Krista K. Thomason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomason, Krista K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shame.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 236 pages)

Other Title:

Dark side of shame and moral life

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Moral philosophers have long argued that shame can be a morally valuable emotion that helps people realize when they fail to be the kinds of people they aspire to be. According to these arguments, people feel shame when they fail to live up to the norms, standards, and ideals that are valued as part of a virtuous life. But lurking in the shadows is the dark side of shame. People might feel shame when they fail to live up to their values, but they also feel shame about sex, nudity, being ugly, fat, stupid, or low-class. What is worse, people often respond to shame with violence and self-destruction. This work argues for a unified account of shame that embraces shame's dark side.

Contents:

Introduction: The two faces of shame

Chapter 1: Ajax: shame and ideals: The historical roots of shame ; Shame and ideals: the traditional view ; Shame and ideals: the naturalistic view ; Conclusion

Chapter 2: Ajax reconsidered: Shame and violence: Shame and violence: some examples ; Explanations for shame and violence ; Violence and shame reconsidered ; Conclusion

Chapter 3: Ajax revealed: a new account of shame: Shame's tension ; The complex lived experience of shame ; Cases of natural shame ; Cases of moral shame ; Shame and violence ; Conclusion

Chapter 4: Ajax redeemed: the moral value of shame: The objections from the pessimistic view ; Moral progress? ; A different look at the value of shame ; The moral value of shame ; Getting over shame? ; Conclusion

Chapter 5: Ajax revilsed: shame and shaming: Ajax's aftermath ; Feeligns shame, invitations to shame, shaming, and stigmatizing ; Should we invite shame? ; Should we shame? ; Should we stigmatize? ; Conclusion

Conclusion: Shame and other bugs in the garden.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-084329-2

0-19-084330-6

0-19-084328-4