This book argues that it can be both reasonable and appropriate to
adopt a certain kind of misanthropy. The author defends a
cognitivist version of misanthropy, an attitude whose central
feature is the judgment that humanity is morally bad. Misanthropy
is often dismissed on moral grounds. Many people hold that malice
toward human persons is problematic and vulnerable to moral
objections. In this book, the author advocates for cognitivist
misanthropy. He defends an Asymmetry Thesis, according to which a
morally bad deed carries more weight than a morally good deed, even
if the harm of the former is exactly equal to the benefit of the
latter. He makes the case that being misanthropic in the
cognitivist sense is morally permissible and compatible with a
broad range of moral reasons for action. He also considers the role
of misanthropy in environmental thought, arguing that charges of
misanthropy against certain "non-anthropocentric" views do not have
the force they are typically thought to carry. Finally, the author
investigates the practical implications of adopting cognitivist
misanthropy, asking what living with such an attitude would
involve. A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy will appeal to
researchers and advanced students working in ethics and the
philosophy of human nature.
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