Philosophical Perspectives on Existential Gratitude

Analytic, Continental, and Religious

Joshua Lee Harris, Kirk Lougheed, Neal DeRoo (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-28916-1 (ISBN)

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Existential gratitude—gratitude for one’s very existence or life as a whole—is pervasive across the most influential human, cultural and religious traditions. Weaving together analytic and continental, as well as non-western and historical philosophical perspectives, this volume explores the nexus of gratitude, existence and God as an inter-subjective phenomenon for the first time.

A team of leading scholars introduce existential gratitude as a perennially and characteristically human phenomenon, central to the distinctive life of our species. Attention is given to the conditions under which existence itself might be construed as having a gift-like or otherwise gratitude-inducing character.

Drawing on a diversity of perspectives, chapters mark out new territory in philosophical inquiry, addressing whether and in what sense we ought to be grateful for our very existence. By analysing gratitude, this collection makes a novel contribution to the discourse on moral emotions, phenomenology, anti-natalism and theology.

Joshua Lee Harris is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The King’s University, Canada. Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Human Flourishing at LCC International University, Lithuania. He is also a Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Neal DeRoo is Canada Research Chair in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion at The King’s University, Canada.

Introduction – Joshua Lee Harris (The King’s University, Canada), Kirk Lougheed (LCC International University, Lithuania /University of Pretoria, South Africa) and Neal DeRoo (The King’s University, Canada)

Part I. Gratitude in Human Life

1. Grounding Existential Gratitude: A Social Form Account – Joshua Harris (The King’s University, Canada)
2. Gratitude and Resentment: A Tale of Two Weddings – Graham Oppy (Monash University, Australia)
3. Gratitude and the Human Vocation – Brian Treanor (Loyola Marymount University, USA)

Part II. Gratitude and Existence

4. Generous Existence? Gift, Giving, and Gratitude in Contemporary Phenomenology – Christina Gschwandter (Fordham University, USA)
5. Analogia Gratiae: Creation, Existence, and Gift in the Christian Metaphysics of Erich Przywara – Eric Mabry (St. Mary’s Seminary and University, USA)
6. Gratitude for Life-Force in African Philosophy – Thaddeus Metz (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Part III. Gratitude and the Divine

7. The Dilemma of Gratitude – Michael Almeida (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
8. Is Gratitude Necessary? Avicenna on Existential Dependence – Catherine Peters (Loyola Marymount University, USA)
9. Do we Owe Gratitude to God for Our Existence? – Kirk Lougheed (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
10. Thank You: William Desmond’s Ethic of Gratitude and Personal God – Ethan Vanderleek (Marquette University, USA)

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Erscheinungsdatum	15.10.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-350-28916-7 / 1350289167
ISBN-13	978-1-350-28916-1 / 9781350289161
Zustand	Neuware