Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Nature of Emotion
How to do philosophy (of emotion)
Some complications
Three theories of emotion
A different theoretical perspective
Chapter 2 Emotion, Knowledge, and Understanding
Curiosity
Emotion, attention, and understanding
Emotion and intellectual virtue
Chapter 3 Emotion and Action
Emotions and decisions
Motivation, dispositions, and desires
The role of feeling in motivation
Chapter 4 Emotions and Social Groups
Love and commitment
Pride and the communication of virtue
The social value of group emotion
Chapter 5 Emotion, Morality, and Art
Emotion and morality
The arts and emotion
Glossary
Bibliography
Biography
Michael S. Brady is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK. He works on the philosophy of emotion and its links with moral philosophy and epistemology, and has published and edited a number of books in these areas.
'This is an excellent book: lucidly and engagingly written, packed with appealing examples, and persuasively argued. While developing his own thesis, Brady takes care throughout to draw his readers into the debate, providing them with the tools to think about the issues for themselves. The result is a stimulating and illuminating introduction to the philosophy of emotion.'
Carolyn Price, The Open University, UK
