1st Edition

Philosophy of Suffering Metaphysics, Value, and Normativity

330 Pages

by Routledge

330 Pages

by Routledge

330 Pages

by Routledge

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Suffering is a central component of our lives. We suffer pain. We fall ill. We fail and are failed. Our loved ones die. It is a commonplace to think that suffering is, always and everywhere, bad. But might suffering also be good? If so, in what ways might suffering have positive, as well as negative, value? This important volume examines these questions and is the first comprehensive... Read more

Introduction: David Bain, Michael Brady and Jennifer Corns Part 1: The nature of suffering 1. The world according to suffering Antti Kauppinen 2. The disruption model of suffering Tom McClelland 3. Pain, suffering, and consciousness Sam Coleman 4. Suffering pains Olivier Massin Part 2: Pain and valence 5. Valence, bodily (dis)pleasures, and emotions Fabrice Teroni 6. Pain and Mere Tastes: Toward an Attitudinal-Representational Theory of Valenced Perceptual Experiences Hilla Jacobson 7. Pain: an attitude with two heads Hagit Benbaji Part 3: The value of suffering 8. Suffering as transformative experience Havi Carel and Ian James Kidd 9. After Motivational Hedonism: Feeling Bad Can Be Good /Feeling Good Can Be Bad Colin Leach 10. From suffering to satisfaction: why we need pain to feel pleasure Brock Bastian 11. My horses and hogs and even everybody seemed changed: appreciating beauty in depression recovery Tasia Scrutton Part 4: The normativity of suffering 12. Hedonic rationality Jennifer Corns 13. Suffering and rationality Jonathan Cohen and Matthew Fulkerson 14. Pain and moral agency Marilyn McCord Adams 15. Suffering as a virtue Michael Brady. Index