Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
Reader 1
Dion Scott-Kakures
Reader 2
Rivka Weinberg
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© 2019 Natalie A Reeves
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine what role anger plays in the moral realm. To do so, I will critique Martha Nussbaum’s view that anger is normatively problematic for sustaining moral relations due to its prevalent relation to seeking payback and status. I will expand the limits Nussbaum imposes on what people can be angry at as well as what are normal responses to the emotion, to attempt to show how anger can be a vital tool in our moral lives as a tool in response to wrongdoing or injustice.
Recommended Citation
Reeves, Natalie, "Seeing Red: A Moral Psychological Analysis of Anger" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1410.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1410
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
