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What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In
"How We Hope," Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope,
the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our
practical lives. She contends that hoping for an outcome means
treating certain feelings, plans, and imaginings as justified, and
that hope thereby involves sophisticated reflective and conceptual
capacities.
Martin develops this original perspective on hope--what she
calls the "incorporation analysis"--in contrast to the two dominant
philosophical conceptions of hope: the orthodox definition, where
hoping for an outcome is simply desiring it while thinking it
possible, and agent-centered views, where hoping for an outcome is
setting oneself to pursue it. In exploring how hope influences our
decisions, she establishes that it is not always a positive
motivational force and can render us complacent. She also examines
the relationship between hope and faith, both religious and
secular, and identifies a previously unnoted form of hope:
normative or interpersonal hope. When we place normative hope in
people, we relate to them as responsible agents and aspire for them
to overcome challenges arising from situation or character.
Demonstrating that hope merits rigorous philosophical
investigation, both in its own right and in virtue of what it
reveals about the nature of human emotion and motivation, "How We
Hope" offers an original, sustained look at a largely neglected
topic in philosophy.
What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In
How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the
motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our
practical lives. She contends that hoping for an outcome means
treating certain feelings, plans, and imaginings as justified, and
that hope thereby involves sophisticated reflective and conceptual
capacities. Martin develops this original perspective on hope--what
she calls the "incorporation analysis"--in contrast to the two
dominant philosophical conceptions of hope: the orthodox
definition, where hoping for an outcome is simply desiring it while
thinking it possible, and agent-centered views, where hoping for an
outcome is setting oneself to pursue it. In exploring how hope
influences our decisions, she establishes that it is not always a
positive motivational force and can render us complacent. She also
examines the relationship between hope and faith, both religious
and secular, and identifies a previously unnoted form of hope:
normative or interpersonal hope. When we place normative hope in
people, we relate to them as responsible agents and aspire for them
to overcome challenges arising from situation or character.
Demonstrating that hope merits rigorous philosophical
investigation, both in its own right and in virtue of what it
reveals about the nature of human emotion and motivation, How We
Hope offers an original, sustained look at a largely neglected
topic in philosophy.
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