Odio e ira: Análisis conceptual y efectos prácticos. Un tributo a Jonathan Haidt

Abstract

Con la participación del propio Jonathan Haidt, en torno al dossier "Connections Between Ethics and Moral Psychology. Studies Around the Work of Jonathan Haidt", editado por Joaquín Suárez y Pablo López Silva. La revista se encuentra indexada en las siguientes plataformas de evaluación y/o impacto de revistas científicas: SCOPUS, Scielo, ERIHPLUS, Philosopher’s index, DOAJ, REDIB, Dialnet, Miar. This work intends to study the status of some emotions in a practical environment.I shall focus specifically on two: anger and hatred. My #rst objective will be to showthat the distinction between the two is not as simple as might appear at #rst sight. "isis because, as I will show, anger and hatred appear to be neighboring emotions. It istherefore necessary to analyze them conceptually to pull aside the veils of appearanceand thus identify their relevant di!erences. My second objective is to show that theconceptual distinction I seek is not in pursuit of a merely analytical interest. I shallclaim that the conceptual di!erences here have a practical impact, especially in thepolitical environment, because anger and hatred should be dealt with di!erently in therealm of democracies

This work intends to study the status of some emotions in a practical environment. I shall focus specifically on two: anger and hatred. My first objective will be to show that the distinction between the two is not as simple as might appear at first sight. This is because, as I will show, anger and hatred appear to be neighboring emotions. It is therefore necessary to analyze them conceptually to pull aside the veils of appearance and thus identify their relevant differences. My second objective is to show that the conceptual distinction I seek is not in pursuit of a merely analytical interest. I shall claim that the conceptual differences here have a practical impact, especially in the political environment, because anger and hatred should be dealt with differently in the realm of democracies.