The Moral Psychology of Anxiety

David Rondel, Samir Chopra

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2024
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216338727
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Edited by David Rondel and Samir Chopra, The Moral Psychology of Anxiety presents new work on the causes, consequences, and value of anxiety. Straddling philosophy, psychology, clinical medicine, history, and other disciplines, the chapters in this volume explore anxiety from an impressively wide range of perspectives. The first part is more historical, exploring the meaning of anxiety in different philosophical traditions and historical periods, including ancient Chinese Confucianism, twentieth-century European existentialism, and the Roman Stoics. The second part focuses on a cluster of questions having to do with anxiety's nature and significance: Is anxiety something biological or cultural, or perhaps both? What is at the root of anxiety? Why should human beings suffer in this way? What is the experience of anxiety like, and what, if anything, are the benefits associated with it? Does anxiety have the potential to make us more virtuous or improve the quality of our inquiry? Addressing an area where newer work in moral psychology is sorely needed, this collection and the varied perspectives it offers will be of great interest to scholars, professionals, and students across philosophy, psychology, and related fields.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Anxiety in the History of Philosophy
• The Moral Psychology of Anxiety
• Not a Moment of Worry
• Anxiety, Curiosity, and the Fracturing of the Self
• The Anguish of Ivan Karamazov
• Prescription for Anxiety
• The Nature and Meaning of Anxiety
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Social Anxiety, Affordances, and Habitual Trust
• Moral Anxiety
• The Epistemic Virtue of Anxiety
• Anxiety’s Allure
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Contributors