Canadian Journal of Philosophy 49 (5):710-729 (2019)
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This paper defends a theory of hope according to which hopes are composed of a desire and a belief that the object of the desire is possible. Although belief plus desire theories of hope are now widely rejected, this is due to important oversights. One is a failure to recognize the relation that hope-constituting desires and beliefs must stand in to constitute a hope. A second is an oversimplification of the explanatory power of hope-constituting desires. The final portion of the paper uses an enhanced understanding of the psychology of hope to make progress on normative questions about hoping well.
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| Keywords | Hope Desire Cognitive Base Ideals Moral Psychology |
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| DOI | 10.1080/00455091.2018.1435612 |
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