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Naked - The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life
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We know shame can be a morally valuable emotion that helps us to
realize when we fail to be the kinds of people we aspire to be. We
feel shame when we fail to live up to the norms, standards, and
ideals that we value as part of a virtuous life. But the lived
reality of shame is far more complex and far darker than this —
the gut-level experience of shame that has little to do with
failing to reach our ideals. We feel shame viscerally about nudity,
sex, our bodies, and weaknesses or flaws that we can't control.
Shame can cause self-destructive and violent behavior, and chronic
shame can cause painful psychological damage. Is shame a valuable
moral emotion, or would we be better off without it? In Naked,
Krista K. Thomason takes a hard look at the reality of shame. The
experience of it, she argues, involves a tension between identity
and self-conception: namely, what causes me shame both overshadows
me (my self-conception) and yet is me (my identity). We are liable
to feelings of shame because we are not always who we take
ourselves to be. Thomason extends her thought-provoking analysis to
our current social and political landscape: shaming has increased
dramatically because of the proliferation of social media
platforms. And although these online shaming practices can be used
in harmful ways, they can also root out those who express racist
and sexist views, and enable marginalized groups to confront
oppression. Is more and continued shaming therefore better, and is
there moral promise in using shame in this way? Thomason grapples
with these and numerous other questions. Her account of shame makes
sense of its good and bad features, its numerous gradations and
complexity, and ultimately of its essential place in our moral
lives.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Krista K. Thomason
(Associate Professor of Philosophy)
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-774686-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-19-774686-1 |
Barcode: |
9780197746868 |
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