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Too often we take our emotions for granted. They are often regarded as being outside the scope of reason and responsibility. We excuse ourselves from blame because of our feelings, and yet we praise those who have deep emotional capacities for sympathy and compassion. This ambivalence in our attitudes towards our emotions betrays a degree of ignorance about what they are and how they reflect on us.
Attacking many recent philosophical and psychological theories of the emotions, Justin Oakley argues that our emotions themselves have intrinsic moral significance. He demonstrates that a proper understanding of the emotions reveals the fundamental role they play in our moral lives and the practical consequences that arise from being morally responsible for our emotions.