Philosophy of Suffering: Metaphysics, Value, and Normativity (Hardcover)

Introduction: David Bain, Michael Brady andJennifer Corns Part 1: The nature of suffering 1. The world according to suffering Antti Kauppinen 2. The disruption model of suffering Tom McClelland 3. Pain, suffering, and consciousness Sam Coleman 4. Suffering pains Olivier Massin Part 2: Pain and valence 5. Valence, bodily (dis)pleasures, and emotions Fabrice Teroni 6. Pain and Mere Tastes: Toward an Attitudinal-Representational Theory of Valenced Perceptual Experiences Hilla Jacobson 7. Pain: an attitude with two heads Hagit Benbaji Part 3: The value of suffering 8. Suffering as transformative experience Havi Careland Ian James Kidd 9. After Motivational Hedonism: Feeling Bad Can Be Good /Feeling Good Can Be Bad Colin Leach 10. From suffering to satisfaction: why we need pain to feel pleasure Brock Bastian 11. My horses and hogs and even everybody seemed changed: appreciating beauty in depression recovery Tasia Scrutton Part 4: The normativity of suffering 12. Hedonic rationality Jennifer Corns 13. Suffering and rationality Jonathan Cohenand Matthew Fulkerson 14. Pain and moral agency Marilyn McCord Adams 15. Suffering as a virtue Michael Brady. Index