The Descent of Shame.
Shame is a painful emotion concerned with failure to live up to certain standards, norms, or ideals. The subject feels that she falls in the regard of others; she feels watched and exposed. As a result, she feels bad about the person that she is. The most popular view of shame is that someone only f...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 566 - 595 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2010
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