About the Benefits of Pleasure-in-Others’-Misfortune. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev’s Depiction of Emotions as Adaptive Mechanisms

This paper was inspired by two ideas: (1) the concept of emotions as adaptive mechanisms, which was suggested by Aaron Ben-Ze’ev, and (2) Robert Solomon’s criticism of the distinction between “positive” and “negative” emotions which functions in social sciences. In the context of the above mentioned...

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Main Author: Michalik-Jeżowska Magdalena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-09-01
Series:Studia Humana
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2016-0015