Moral Psychology of Gratitude

Robert Roberts is Distinguished Professor of Ethics Emeritus at Baylor University. Daniel Telech is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

• [1] The Emotion-Virtue-Debt Triad of Gratitude: An Introduction to The Moral Psychology of Gratitude, Daniel Telech & Robert Roberts / Part 1: REASONS AND ACTION / [2] Gratitude: Generic vs. Deep, Hichem Naar / [3] Acting from Gratitude, Terrance McConnell / Part 2: GRATITUDE, RIGHTS, AND DUTIES / [4] Obligations of Gratitude: Directedness Without Rights, Adrienne M. Martin / [5] Debts of Gratitude, Agnes Callard / [6] Gratitude, Rights and Benefit, Coleen Macnamara / [7] Do Children Owe Their Parents Gratitude?, Cameron Fenton / Part 3: GRATITUDE AS A REACTIVE ATTITUDE / [7] Gratitude as a Second-Personal Attitude (of the Heart), Stephen Darwall / [8] Gratitude and Resentment: Some Asymmetries, D. Justin Coates / [9] Gratitude and Norms: On the Social Function of Gratitude, Bennett W. Helm / Part 4: AUTHENTIC SELVES AND BRAINS / [10] Neural Perspective on Gratitude, Christina Karns / [11] Gratitude, Authenticity, and Self-Authorship, Jack J. Bauer & Colin Shanahan / Part 5: GRATITUDE & VIRTUE / [12] Gratit

In fifteen thoughtful essays and an introduction, The Moral Psychology of Gratitude expands our thinking about gratitude in new directions. Contributors analyze gratitude from a number of philosophical angles, in essays about reasons and action, rights and duties, gratitude as a reactive attitude, and gratitude and virtue. Some philosophical discussions, such as those of Carr and Roberts, are informed by literature. An interdisciplinary turn is also taken in the two contributions to the section on ‘Authentic Selves and Brains.’ In addition to philosophers, a neuroscientist and two psychologists offer their perspectives on gratitude. The result is a volume offering a unique, state-of-the-art examination of gratitude that is not to be missed.