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Whether we like it or not, boredom is a major part of human life. It permeates our personal, social, practical, and moral existence. It shapes our world by demarcating what is engaging, interesting, or meaningful from what is not. It also sets us in motion insofar as its presence can motivate us to act in a plethora of ways. Indeed, in our search for engagement, interest, or meaning, our responses to boredom straddle the line between the good and the bad, the beneficial and the harmful, the creative and the mundane. In this volume, world-renowned researchers come together to explore a neglected but crucially important aspect of boredom: its relationship to morality. Does boredom cause individuals to commit immoral acts? Does it affect our moral judgment? Does the frequent or chronic experience boredom make us worse people? Is the experience of boredom something that needs to be avoided at all costs? Or can boredom be, at least sometimes, a solution and a positive moral force? The Moral Psychology of Boredom sets out to answer these and other timely questions.
Contents
Acknowledgments
The Moral Significance of Boredom: An Introduction
Andreas Elpidorou
From Electric Shocks to the Electoral College: How Boredom Steers Moral Behavior
Meltem Yucel and Erin C. Westgate
The Existential Sting of Boredom: Implications for Moral Judgments and Behavior
Eric R. Igou and Wijnand A. P. van Tilburg
Boredom and the Lost Self
Shane W. Bench, Heather C. Lench, Yidou Wan, Kaitlyn Kaiser, and Kenneth A. Perez
"Rage Spread Thin": Boredom and Aggression
James Danckert
Losing and Finding Agency: The Crisis of Boredom
John D. Eastwood and Dana Gorelik
Boredom Mismanagement and Attributions of Social and Moral Costs
McWelling Todman
Boredom and Poverty: A Theoretical Model
Andreas Elpidorou
The Epistemic Benefits of Irrational Boredom
Lisa Bortolotti and Matilde Aliffi
Boredom as Cognitive Appetite
Vida Yao
Boredom, Interest, and Meaning in Life
Wendell O'Brien
Parallels to Boredom in Non-human Animals
Rebecca K. Meagher and Jesse Robbins
The Long Hard Road Out of Boredom
Josefa Ros Velasco
Index
About the Contributors
