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Philosophies of Gratitude

Author : Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197526861
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Philosophies of Gratitude written by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Philosophies of Gratitude is a study of gratitude as a philosophical concept. It explores what past philosophers from Aristotle to Kant have said about gratitude, and examines what role the idea of gratitude has played in their philosophies. It also looks at the three primary ways we think about gratitude - as an emotion we feel in response to a gift or benefit, as an act we perform to express our thankfulness, and as a virtuous disposition in which we are and feel ready to be grateful to the world we inhabit. Like love and trust, gratitude is a way we react to other people in our lives, sometimes for who they are (lovable or trustworthy) and sometimes for what they do (act benevolently towards us). It is a way we feel and act towards others. It is, in other words, a primary way we situate ourselves in relationships. Philosophies of Gratitude examines the key historical moments when gratitude was an important philosophical concept - in classical antiquity, in the early modern era, and in the Enlightenment - in order to discover what gratitude meant for those who produced our fundamental Western notions of ethics. It then examines the forms gratitude assumes - as a feeling, an act, a disposition - in order to discern what role our emotions play in our ethical responses to the world. Finally, it examines what we can say about ingratitude as a response that usually strikes us as base, in other words, as a moment when a human being fails to act morally, but also as a response that sometimes indicates a deeper kind of ethical stand against injustice"--

Philosophies of Gratitude

Author : Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197526888
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Philosophies of Gratitude written by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Philosophies of Gratitude, Ashraf H. A. Rushdy explores gratitude as a philosophical concept. The first half of the book traces its significance in fundamental Western moral philosophy and notions of ethics, specifically examining key historical moments and figures in classical antiquity, the early modern era, and the Enlightenment. In the second half of the book, Rushdy focuses on contemporary meanings of gratitude as a sentiment, action, and disposition: how we feel grateful, act grateful, and cultivate grateful being. He identifies these three forms of gratitude to discern various roles our emotions play in our ethical responses to the world around us. Rushdy then discusses how ingratitude, instead of indicating a moral failure, can also act as an important principle and ethical stand against injustice. Rushdy asserts that if we practice gratitude as a moral recognition of the other, then that gratitude varies alongside the different kinds of benefactors who receive it, ranging from the person who provides an expected service or gift, to the divine or natural sources whom we may credit with our very existence. By arguing for the necessity of analyzing gratitude as a philosophical concept, Rushdy reminds us of our capacity and appreciation for gratitude simply as an acknowledgment and acceptance of our humble dependency on and connectedness with our families, friends, communities, environments, and universe.

Philosophical Perspectives on Existential Gratitude

Author : Joshua Lee Harris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350289132
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Perspectives on Existential Gratitude written by Joshua Lee Harris and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existential gratitude-gratitude for one's very existence or life as a whole-is pervasive across the most influential human, cultural and religious traditions. Weaving together analytic and continental, as well as non-western and historical philosophical perspectives, this volume explores the nexus of gratitude, existence and God as an inter-subjective phenomenon for the first time. A team of leading scholars introduce existential gratitude as a perennially and characteristically human phenomenon, central to the distinctive life of our species. Attention is given to the conditions under which existence itself might be construed as having a gift-like or otherwise gratitude-inducing character. Drawing on a diversity of perspectives, chapters mark out new territory in philosophical inquiry, addressing whether and in what sense we ought to be grateful for our very existence. By analysing gratitude, this collection makes a novel contribution to the discourse on moral emotions, phenomenology, anti-natalism and theology.

The Moral Psychology of Gratitude

Author : Robert Roberts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786606038
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book The Moral Psychology of Gratitude written by Robert Roberts and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides readers with the state-of-the-art in research on gratitude. It does so in the form of sixteen never-before published articles on the emotion by leading voices in philosophy and the sciences of the mind.

The Art of Gratitude

Author : Jeremy David Engels
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438469349
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Gratitude written by Jeremy David Engels and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Art of Gratitude, Jeremy David Engels sketches a genealogy of gratitude from the ancient Greeks to the contemporary self-help movement. One of the most striking things about gratitude, Engels finds, is how consistently it is described using the language of indebtedness. A chief purpose of this, he contends, is to make us more comfortable living lives in debt, with the nefarious effect of pacifying the citizenry so we are less likely to speak out about social and economic injustice. To counteract this, he proposes an alternative art of gratitude-as-thanksgiving that is inspired by Indian philosophy, particularly the yoga philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali's Yoga-Sutras. He argues that this art of gratitude can challenge neoliberalism by reorienting our politics away from resentment, anger, and guilt and toward a democratic ethic of thanksgiving and the common good.

Generosity and Gratitude

Author : Dale M. Schlitt
Publisher : Peter Lang Us
ISBN 13 : 9781433115165
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Generosity and Gratitude written by Dale M. Schlitt and published by Peter Lang Us. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generosity and Gratitude: A Philosophical Psalm gives expression, in free verse, to our common human experience of generosity and gratitude. It opens with rejoicing at the presence of the abundance characterizing our world of sky, sea, and land, and laments in sorrow the scarcity we experience in that same world. In joyful response to abundance, the psalm continues as a meditative reflection on singers singing a song. Singing serves as a model for understanding generosity, which in turn corrects the lamentable scarcities we experience. In singing, or in any act of generosity, we enrich others with the gift of our own loving presence. The psalm then celebrates gratitude as the ideal response to abundance arising out of generosity. We are grateful for such abundance and thankful to those whose generous actions are its sources, human and divine. Generosity and Gratitude: A Philosophical Psalm includes a postscript that presents selected brief affirmations of several of the world's religious and ethical traditions concerning generosity and gratitude. This philosophically informed psalm will provide enriching personal reading and serve as a helpful point of reference in philosophical, ethical, and religious discussions.

The Psychology of Gratitude

Author : Robert A. Emmons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195150104
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Gratitude written by Robert A. Emmons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research. In an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brings together prominent scientists from various disciplines to examine what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. The volume also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of research on gratitude. This work contributes a great deal to the growing positive psychology initiative and to the scientific investigation of positive human emotions. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in social, personality, and developmental, clinical, and health psychology, as well as to sociologists and cultural anthropologists.

The Essence of Gratitude

Author : Crawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578833613
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book The Essence of Gratitude written by Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Gratitude

Author : Jose Nazhianpara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book On Gratitude written by Jose Nazhianpara and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Perspectives on Gratitude

Author : David Carr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317568435
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Gratitude written by David Carr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologists, philosophers, theologians and educationalists have all lately explored various conceptual, moral, psychological and pedagogical dimensions of gratitude in a rapidly expanding academic and popular literature. However, while the distinguished contributors to this work hail from these distinct disciplines, they have been brought together in this volume precisely in recognition of the need for a more interdisciplinary perspective on the topic. While further developing such more familiar debates in the field as whether it is appropriate to feel grateful in circumstances in which there is no obvious benefactor, whether it is proper to feel grateful to those who have benefited one only from a sense of duty and whether it makes sense to be grateful if so doing colludes with injustice, the essays in this collection explore a wide variety of fresh conceptual, psychological and moral issues. For example, in addition to identifying some new moral paradoxes about gratitude and seeking a generally more morally discriminating approach to gratitude education, relations are explored between gratitude and humility, forgiveness and appreciation and the religious and spiritual dimensions of the concept are also given much overdue attention. By drawing together serious academic engagement with the study of gratitude and a serious attempt to undertake this within an interdisciplinary perspective, Perspectives on Gratitude will be of value to academics and graduate students in the fields of philosophy, psychology and theology, as well as other research-based disciplines.

Gratitude Works!

Author : Robert A. Emmons
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118131290
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Gratitude Works! written by Robert A. Emmons and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A purposeful guide for cultivating gratitude as a way of life Recent dramatic advances in our understanding of gratitude have changed the question from "does gratitude work?" to "how do we get more of it?" This book explores evidence-based practices in a compelling and accessible way and provides a step-by-step guide to cultivating gratitude in their lives. Gratitude Works! also shows how religious, philosophical, and spiritual traditions validate the greatest insights of science about gratitude. New book from Robert Emmons the bestselling author of Thanks Filled with practical tips for fostering gratitude as a way of life Includes scientific research as well as religious and philosophical insights to show how gratitude can work in our lives From Robert Emmons, the bestselling author of Thanks, comes a resource for cultivating a life of gratitude practices.

The Theological Roots of Christian Gratitude

Author : Kenneth Wilson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137533552
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Theological Roots of Christian Gratitude written by Kenneth Wilson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book asserts that gratitude for God's gift of creation grounds the insight of positive psychology that grateful persons act pro-socially. Kenneth Wilson posits that a sense of gratitude encourages sacrificial service and reveals all behavior to have at heart an essential moral quality.

On Benefits (De Beneficiis)

Author : Seneca
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book On Benefits (De Beneficiis) written by Seneca and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treatise by the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was written in the 1st century. In it, Seneca expands his belief that a benefit paid or received for any kind of role, needs to be appropriate. Seneca was one of the chief exponents of Stoicism.

This I Believe II

Author : Jay Allison
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429933836
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book This I Believe II written by Jay Allison and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventyfive essayists—ranging from famous to previously unknown—completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays. Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Readers will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change. Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people—whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.

Exceeding Gratitude For The Creator's Plan

Author : James P. Gills
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1616387297
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Exceeding Gratitude For The Creator's Plan written by James P. Gills and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the overwhelming natural wonders of God’s creation as starting points for learning more about the supernatural wonders of His amazing grace. This book is an apologetic for the reality and power of the Christian worldview to change lives and transform defeated people into positive, successful, joyful, and loving souls who discover their personal destiny. That is only possible when people discover and learn to appreciate fully the Creator’s plan.

Aztec Philosophy

Author : James Maffie
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607322234
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Aztec Philosophy written by James Maffie and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aztec Philosophy, James Maffie shows the Aztecs advanced a highly sophisticated and internally coherent systematic philosophy worthy of consideration alongside other philosophies from around the world. Bringing together the fields of comparative world philosophy and Mesoamerican studies, Maffie excavates the distinctly philosophical aspects of Aztec thought. Aztec Philosophy focuses on the ways Aztec metaphysics—the Aztecs’ understanding of the nature, structure and constitution of reality—underpinned Aztec thinking about wisdom, ethics, politics,\ and aesthetics, and served as a backdrop for Aztec religious practices as well as everyday activities such as weaving, farming, and warfare. Aztec metaphysicians conceived reality and cosmos as a grand, ongoing process of weaving—theirs was a world in motion. Drawing upon linguistic, ethnohistorical, archaeological, historical, and contemporary ethnographic evidence, Maffie argues that Aztec metaphysics maintained a processive, transformational, and non-hierarchical view of reality, time, and existence along with a pantheistic theology. Aztec Philosophy will be of great interest to Mesoamericanists, philosophers, religionists, folklorists, and Latin Americanists as well as students of indigenous philosophy, religion, and art of the Americas.

Be Great, Be Grateful

Author : Patternity
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781449491857
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Be Great, Be Grateful written by Patternity and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the design experts at PATTERNITY comes this inspirational guide to discovering a more positive and balanced way of life. Be Great, Be Grateful combines gratitude logs, creative exercises, playful prompts, uplifting quotes, and journal pages to create a three-phase program for cultivating gratitude. Developed by PATTERNITY--an influential creative consultancy and research archive exploring how visual patterns shape personal experience and culture--this innovative journal helps readers appreciate the beauty and wonder in the world and in themselves.