The Subtlety of Emotions Book

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	xiii
Part I	The Nature of Emotions	1
Chapter 1	The Complexity of Emotions	3
	Reasons for the complexity of emotions	3
	Explaining emotions	5
	Summary	11
Chapter 2	What Is an Emotion?	13
	The typical cause of emotion	13
	The typical emotional concern	18
	The typical emotional object	29
	Cause, concern and object	31
	Typical characteristics	32
	Difficulties and objections	41
	Summary	48
Chapter 3	Basic Components	49
	Intentionality and feeling	49
	The cognitive component	52
	The evaluative component	56
	The motivational component	60
	The feeling component	64
	Comparing the different components	67
	Difficulties and objections	73
	Some conceptual aspects	77
	Summary	78
Chapter 4	The Affective Realm	79
	Typical cases of affective phenomena	79
	Emotions and sentiments	82
	Moods and affective traits	86
	Affective disorders	89
	Classifying the emotions	92
	Positive and negative emotions	99
	Basic and nonbasic emotions	104
	Summary	114
Chapter 5	When Feelings Overflow--Emotional Intensity	117
	The complexity of emotional intensity	117
	Intensity variables	122
	Personal makeup	150
	Summary	158
Chapter 6	Rationality and Functionality	161
	The rationality of emotions	161
	The functionality of emotions	165
	Emotional intelligence	175
	Emotions and communication	181
	Summary	189
Chapter 7	Emotions and Imagination	191
	The role of imagination in emotions	191
	Types of imagination	193
	Counterfactual imagination	196
	Positive illusions	204
	Emotions in the future world	208
	Emotions and luck	210
	Summary	219
Chapter 8	Everything Is Not under Control--Regulating the Emotions	221
	Possible divisions of regulating means	222
	The nature of regulating means	228
	Combining all means	236
	Summary	241
Chapter 9	Emotions and Morality	243
	Emotions and moral responsibility	243
	Emotional and moral evaluations	248
	Emotional partiality and morality	256
	Further moral advantage of emotions	261
	Integrating emotions into moral decisions	265
	Emotions and tolerance	273
	Summary	278
Part II	Analyzing Emotions	279
Chapter 10	Why Do We Feel Bad When You Feel Good?--Envy and Jealousy	281
	General characteristics	282
	Borderline cases	297
	Relationships with other emotions	300
	Intensity variables	305
	Envy and social inequality	316
	Moral value	321
Chapter 11	Why Do We Feel Bad When You Feel Bad?--Pity, Compassion, and Mercy	327
	General characteristics	327
	Relationships with other emotions	336
	Intensity variables	340
	Moral value	346
Chapter 12	Why Do We Feel Good No Matter What You Feel?--Happy-For and Pleasure-in-Others'-Misfortune	353
	Happy-for	353
	Pleasure-in others'-misfortune	354
	Relationships with other emotions	362
	Intensity variables	371
	Moral value	373
Chapter 13	When You Are Bad, I Am Mad--Anger, Hate, Disgust, and Contempt	379
	General characteristics	379
	Relationships with other emotions	393
	Intensity variables	397
	Moral value	400
Chapter 14	The Sweetest Emotions--Romantic Love and Sexual Desire	405
	General characteristics	405
	Relationships with other emotions	425
	Intensity variables	429
	Hurting the one you love	437
	Moral value	443
Chapter 15	Caring about Oneself--Happiness and Sadness	449
	Happiness	449
	Sadness	466
	Grief	467
	Loneliness	469
	Moral value	471
Chapter 16	Caring about Our Future--Hope and Fear	473
	General characteristics	473
	Relationships with other emotions	481
	Intensity variables	484
	Moral value	487
Chapter 17	Taking Account of Our Specific Deeds--Pride, Regret, Guilt, and Embarrassment	491
	General characteristics	491
	Relationships with other emotions	506
	Moral value	507
Chapter 18	Caring about the Self--Pridefulness and Shame	509
	General characteristics	509
	Relationships with other emotions	518
	Moral value	525
Chapter 19	Epilogue	531
	Notes	535
	References	567
	Index	589