Gratitude: Considerations from a Moral Perspective

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-22-2012

Abstract

This chapter examines the concept and meaning of gratitude from a moral perspective. It argues against the prevailing sentiment that gratitude is inevitably positive and desirable. It stresses the importance of a moral underpinning for gratitude in order to present the distinctive character of the concept. It describes biases which can be recast as positive elements for gratitude's moral conceptualization.

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