The Moral Psychology of Hope (Moral Psychology of the Emotions)

"That we can hope is one of the capacities that define us as human beings. To hope means not just to have beliefs about what will happen, but to imagine the future as potentially fulfilling some of our most important wishes. It is therefore not surprising that hope has received attention by philosophers, psychologists and by religious thinkers throughout the ages. The contributions in this volume, written by leading scholars in the philosophy of hope, gives a systematic overview over the philosophical history of hope, about contemporary debates and about the role of hope in our collective life."-- Provided by publisher Contents 8 1 The Moral Psychology of Hope: An Introduction • Claudia Blöser and Titus Stahl 10 I: Hope in the History of Philosophy 22 2 Hope in Archaic and Classical Greek • Douglas Cairns 24 3 Hope in Christianity • Anne Jeffrey 46 4 Hope in Kant • Claudia Blöser 66 5 Kierkegaard on Hope as Essential to Selfhood • Roe Fremstedal 84 6 Pragmatist Hope • Sarah M. Stitzlein 102 II: The Nature of Hope 122 7 Emotional Hope • Katie Stockdale 124 8 Epistemological Aspects of Hope • Matthew A. Benton 144 9 Pessimism and the Possibility of Hope • Samantha Vice 162 10 Is Hope a Moral Virtue? • Nancy E. Snow 180 11 Hope in Contemporary Psychology • Matthew W. Gallagher, Johann M. D’Souza, and Angela L. Richardso 198 12 A Zen Buddhist Conception of Hope in Enlightenment • Rika Dunlap 218 III: Social Contexts of Hope 236 13 Interpersonal Hope • Adrienne M. Martin 238 14 Hope for Material Progress in the Age of the Anthropocene • Darrel Moellendorf 258 15 Political Hope and Cooperative Community • Titus Stahl 274 Index 294 About the Contributors 300