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In A Theory of Regret Brian Price contends that regret is better understood as an important political emotion than as a form of weakness. Price shows how regret allows us to see that our convictions are more often the products of our perceptual habits than the authentic signs of moral courage that we more regularly take them to be. Regret teaches us to give up our expectations of what we think should or might occur in the future, and also the idea that what we think we should do will always be the right thing to do. Understood instead as a mode of thoughtfulness, regret helps us to clarify our will in relation to the decisions we make within institutional forms of existence. Considering regret in relation to emancipatory theories of thinking, Price shows how the unconditionally transformative nature of this emotion helps us become more sensitive to contingency and allows us, in turn, to recognize the steps we can take toward changing the institutions that shape our lives.
Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. What is Regret? 31
The Habit of Virtue 32
Nonvoluntary and Involuntary Relations 36
Stupidity and Akrasia 42
When to Speak? 35
2. Impossible Advice 60
The Postman Always Rings Twice 61
Possible Advice 71
The Gift of Advice 82
Economy, Economics 90
Sameness and Trust 93
3. The Problem of Withdrawal 103
The Trouble with Agonism 106
Keeping Up Appearances 110
Appearance and Withdrawal 117
Hypocristy and Regret 127
Afterthoughts 133
Notes 141
Bibliography 155
Index 161
