What We Are Reading Today: How to Do Things with Emotions

What We Are Reading Today: How to Do Things with Emotions
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Updated 04 June 2023
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What We Are Reading Today: How to Do Things with Emotions

What We Are Reading Today: How to Do Things with Emotions

Author: Owen Flanagan 

The world today is full of anger. Everywhere we look, we see values clashing and tempers rising, in ways that seem frenzied, aimless, and cruel. At the same time, we witness political leaders and others who lack any sense of shame, even as they display carelessness with the truth and the common good.

In “How to Do Things with Emotions,” Owen Flanagan explains that emotions are things we do, and he reminds us that those like anger and shame involve cultural norms and scripts.