How We Hope: A Moral Psychology

by Adrienne Martin

What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our practical lives. She contends that hoping for an outcome means treating certain feelings, plans, and imaginings as justified, and that hope thereby involves sophisticated reflective and conceptual capacities.

Martin develops this original...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151520
• ISBN13: 9780691151526
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"