HOW IS VICARIOUS FEELING POSSIBLE? IN DEFENSE OF REACTIVE ATTITUDES

• Authors: Yang Sunny
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

My aim in this paper is to illuminate the question of how vicarious feeling is possible, by advancing our understanding of vicarious emotions. I address this problem by classifying the reactive attitude into two categories: the vicarious, and the self-reactive. I argue that guilt is constitutively tied to personal responsibility and that the appropriateness of vicarious feeling of group harm derives from a reflection on the appropriateness of our own reactive attitude, that is, vicarious reactive attitude, e.g., indignation or outrage.

Keywords

EN

COLLECTIVE GUILT; INDIGNATION; REACTIVE ATTITUDE; RESPONSIBILITY; VICARIOUS FEELING

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 377 – 394

Contributors

author

Yang Sunny

• Minerva Liberal Art College, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 81, Oedae-ro, Mohyeon, Choingu, Yongin, Gyeonggi, 17035, South Korea

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2020.27305