Environmental guilt and shame : signals of individual and collective responsibility and the need for ritual responses / Sarah E. Fredericks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fredericks, Sarah E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics--United States.

Environmental ethics.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Biography/History:

Sarah E. Fredericks is Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

Summary:

This study shows that many people in the US feel guilt about their everyday life. It explores many ethical questions including whether individuals or collectives are the guilty or shameful parties, whether agents should have these feelings, whether people should induce guilt or shame in others, and how people can respond to such feelings.

Contents:

Introduction

Evidence of environmental guilt and shame

Typology of guilt and shame

Philosophical arguments for individuals, memberships, and collectives in states of guilt or shame

Environmental guilt and shame

Responding to critics of emotions and collectives

Ethics of environmental guilt and shame

The ethics of inducing and responding to guilt and shame

Ritual responses to environmental guilt and shame

Epilogue. Looking back, looking forward : lessons from studying environmental guilt and shame.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-258035-3

0-19-187860-X

0-19-258034-5

OCLC:

1243262249