Abstract
The aim of this essay is to work out an account of contentment as a response to imperfect conditions and to argue that a disposition to contentment, understood as a disposition to appreciate the goods in one’s present condition and to use expectation frames that enable such appreciation, is a virtue. In the first half, I lay out an analysis of what contentment and discontentment are. In the second half, I argue that contentment is a virtue of appreciation and respond to skeptical concerns about recommending a disposition to contentment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 327-352 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Ethics |
Volume | 127 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy