Affiliation:
1. Baylor University Waco, TX 76798 Matthew_l_anderson@baylor.edu
Abstract
Abstract
This essay argues that gratitude for one's own life is an intelligible attitude to have. It does so by arguing that reducing pro-attitudes in response to unintentional benefits to “appreciation” is too broad. Instead, such “appreciation” can be understood as gratitude if such benefits satisfy a number of conditions that track or are analogous to why we care about interpersonally bestowed benefits. One's own life satisfies those four conditions, which can make gratitude for it intelligible—when it is perceived as a benefit.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
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