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On an Apparent Asymmetry in Attitude Desert

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Author

Editor

  • Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
  • Björn Petersson
  • Jonas Josefsson
  • Dan Egonsson

Summary, in English

It is possible for persons to deserve evaluative attitudes such as admiration and disdain. There is an apparent asymmetry between positive and negative attitudes, however. While the latter appear to be subject to what I will call a "control requirement," the former do not appear to be so subject. I attempt to explain away this asymmetry by appeal to pragmatic factors

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Publication/Series

Hommage à Wlodek: Philosophical Papers Dedicated to Wlodek Rabinowicz

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Department of Philosophy, Lund University

Topic

  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • admiration
  • Desert
  • contempt

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • www.fil.lu.se/hommageawlodek