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Beschreibung
Whether we like it or not, boredom is a major part of human life. It permeates and affects our personal, social, practical, and moral existence. In this volume, world-renowned researchers come together to explore a neglected but crucially important aspect of boredom: it's relationship to morality.
Whether we like it or not, boredom is a major part of human life. It permeates and affects our personal, social, practical, and moral existence. In this volume, world-renowned researchers come together to explore a neglected but crucially important aspect of boredom: it's relationship to morality.
Über den Autor
Andreas Elpidorou is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Louisville. He specializes in the philosophical study of the mind and has published extensively on the nature of emotions (especially boredom), consciousness, and cognition. He is the co-author of Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program (2018) and the author of Propelled Toward the Good Life (2020).
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

The Moral Significance of Boredom: An Introduction
Andreas Elpidorou

1From Electric Shocks to the Electoral College: How Boredom Steers Moral Behavior
Meltem Yucel and Erin C. Westgate

2The Existential Sting of Boredom: Implications for Moral Judgments and Behavior
Eric R. Igou and Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg

3Boredom and the Lost Self
Shane W. Bench, Heather C. Lench, Yidou Wan, Kaitlyn Kaiser, and Kenneth A. Perez

4"Rage Spread Thin": Boredom and Aggression
James Danckert

5Losing and Finding Agency: The Crisis of Boredom
John D. Eastwood and Dana Gorelik

6Boredom Mismanagement and Attributions of Social and Moral Costs
McWelling Todman

7Boredom and Poverty: A Theoretical Model
Andreas Elpidorou

8The Epistemic Benefits of Irrational Boredom
Lisa Bortolotti and Matilde Aliffi

9Boredom as Cognitive Appetite
Vida Yao

10Boredom, Interest, and Meaning in Life
Wendell O'Brien

11Parallels to Boredom in Non-human Animals
Rebecca K. Meagher and Jesse Rob

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Ratgeber
Thema: Lebensführung allgemein
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781538163573
ISBN-10: 1538163578
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Elpidorou, Andreas
Hersteller: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Andreas Elpidorou
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2023
Gewicht: 0,54 kg
Artikel-ID: 127347978