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Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 2023
Abstract The article aims at reconstructing Kierkegaard’s reception of Schopenhauer’s philosophy with the purpose of discussing the pessimism of Kierkegaard’s late writings. The thesis of the article is that the theology of the late Kierkegaard that lies behind his attack on the so-called ‘Christendom’ and, in a wider perspective, on Protestantism in ...
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Abstract The article aims at reconstructing Kierkegaard’s reception of Schopenhauer’s philosophy with the purpose of discussing the pessimism of Kierkegaard’s late writings. The thesis of the article is that the theology of the late Kierkegaard that lies behind his attack on the so-called ‘Christendom’ and, in a wider perspective, on Protestantism in ...
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2019
This chapter describes radical pessimism as a neoliberal democratic political affect that combines of radical worldviews with a belief that change is impossible. It begins with the question of how past and present forms of political violence have shaped Mayan conceptions about the limits of democracy and of their own political agency, leading many to ...
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This chapter describes radical pessimism as a neoliberal democratic political affect that combines of radical worldviews with a belief that change is impossible. It begins with the question of how past and present forms of political violence have shaped Mayan conceptions about the limits of democracy and of their own political agency, leading many to ...
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2018
Scientifically informed theories of ordinary moral thought and action are on the rise but trend toward pessimism. Many theorists argue that ordinary moral judgment involves little reasoning or not enough to yield justified belief, while others argue that we rarely act for the right reasons.
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Scientifically informed theories of ordinary moral thought and action are on the rise but trend toward pessimism. Many theorists argue that ordinary moral judgment involves little reasoning or not enough to yield justified belief, while others argue that we rarely act for the right reasons.
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2000
Abstract How far can philosophy improve our ethical beliefs? And what attitude should a philosopher take to those we already have? Henry Sidgwick’s view was that, though <Common Sense’ constrains philosophical conclusions, the philosophds ‘function is to tell men what they ought to think, rather than what they do think: he is ...
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Abstract How far can philosophy improve our ethical beliefs? And what attitude should a philosopher take to those we already have? Henry Sidgwick’s view was that, though <Common Sense’ constrains philosophical conclusions, the philosophds ‘function is to tell men what they ought to think, rather than what they do think: he is ...
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The association of optimism and pessimism and all-cause mortality: A systematic review
Personality and Individual Differences, 2021Heather Craig +2 more
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