This is an excellent collection of essays on the moral psychology of admiration. Archer (Tilburg Univ., Netherlands) and Grahle (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Germany), both philosophers, organize the essays into four parts: The Nature of Admiration, History, Social and Political Dimensions of Admiration, and Admiration and Moral Education. The contributors are mostly philosophy and psychology professors at European and American universities, but their expertise extends to a variety of other disciplines. This book could serve as textbook in courses on moral psychology. . . this is a worthwhile resource for those interested in admiration as an aspect of moral philosophy or moral psychology.
Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
This is an excellent collection of essays on the moral psychology of admiration. Archer (Tilburg Univ., Netherlands) and Grahle (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Germany), both philosophers, organize the essays into four parts: The Nature of Admiration, History, Social and Political Dimensions of Admiration, and Admiration and Moral Education. The contributors are mostly philosophy and psychology professors at European and American universities, but their expertise extends to a variety of other disciplines. This book could serve as textbook in courses on moral psychology. . . this is a worthwhile resource for those interested in admiration as an aspect of moral philosophy or moral psychology.
Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
Section 1: The Nature of Admiration / 1. No More Heroes Any More? Sophie-Grace Chappell / 2. Ideals and Idols: On the Nature and Appropriateness of Agential Admiration, Antti Kauppinen / 3. Happy Self-Surrender and Unhappy Self-Assertion: A Comparison between Admiration and Emulative Envy, Sara Protasi / 4. Admiration and Self-Respect, Jan-Willem van der Rijt / Section 2: History / 5. Gazing Upwards to the Stage - Mendelssohn's Notion of Admiration and its Consequences, Anne Pollok / 6. Nietzsche on Admiration and Admirableness, Simon Robertson / Section 3: Social and Political Dimensions of Admiration / 7. Revolutionary Admiration, Vanessa Wills / 8. Judging in Times of Crisis: Wonder, Admiration, and Emulation, Marguerite La Caze / 9. Admiration as Normative Support, Andre Grahle / 10. Admiration for Animals (working title), Amanda Cawston / Section 4: Admiration and Moral Education / 11. Is It Morally Good To Admire? Psychological Perspectives on the Potentials and Limits of Admiration and Elevation, Ines Schindler / 12. Admiration and the Development of Moral Virtue, Alan T. Wilson / 13. Obstacles to the Admiration of Moral People, Florien M. Cramwinckel and Benoit Monin / 14. How Admiring Moral Exemplars Can Ruin Your Life: The Case of Conrad's Lord Jim, Alan Thomas, Alfred Archer and Bart Engelen