Fred Miller Jr. and Thomas Attig, Editors

This out of print volume contains a selection of papers originally presented in May 1979 at a conference on applied philosophy at Bowling Green State University. The conference was held as part of an effort by the philosophy department at Bowling Green to develop an understanding of "applied" philosophy as a tool for addressing the life problems that confront individuals and society on a daily basis. Unlike pure philosophy, the ultimate concern of applied philosophy is with the implications of theory for human action. This volume was the first in a series published by the Applied Philosophy Program at BGSU, and was produced with the support of the Philosophy Documentation Center.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Frithjof Bergmann  A Monologue on the Emotions
• Robert C. Solomon  Nothing to be Proud Of
• Kevin Donaghy  Emotions without Judgement
• Peter K. McInerney  Emotions and Motivations
• Terry Pence  Metaphysical Lunacy and Emotion
• Joseph Margolis  The Relevance of the Emotions for Medicine
• Páll Árdal  Of Sympathetic Imagination
• Marilyn Holly  Suicide and Reflective Grief
• Lester H. Hunt  Punishment, Revenge, and the Minimal Functions of the State
• Holmes Rolston III  Nature and Human Emotions
• Louis I. Katzner  Applied Philosophy

ISBN 0-935756-01-9 · Published 1979 · Cloth · 102 pages · Out of Print