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The Ethics of Anger (Shorewood Library 2016)

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Channel: Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy · 2016 · Education

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Is it ever right to get angry?  Could it be morally good or even required?  Or is anger always a destructive, dangerous, negative emotion?  These are important questions to ask, particularly given how common and widespread anger is in our contemporary society (and practically every society and culture we come across!)

This version of my Ethics of Anger talk was given by invitation at the Shorewood Public Library to a general audience.  In this talk, we discuss some of the ethical or moral issues that anger raises.  I also distinguish between four moral perspectives that tend to be common positions on the positive or negative moral value of anger, and I introduce the participants to several representative thinkers who hold those views.

The Ethics of Anger is one specialized field of my research, training,  consulting, and philosophical counseling practice.  I can provide versions of this talk in a variety of formats (lecture, facilitated discussion, training session, workshop) ranging from 30 minutes to 4 hours, and adapted to the needs or desires of particular audiences (general, corporate, community group, academic, etc.) If you're interested in having me come speak on this topic, feel free to email me at greg at reasonio.com.

The thinkers discussed in this particular version of the talk are: Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Philodemus, John Cassian, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and Jeremy Bentham, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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