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Regret
Paddy McQueen 
Swansea University Author:
Paddy McQueen
Abstract
This book provides a detailed philosophical analysis of the role of regret in human decision-making. It develops an original account of why and when we should regret the things we do, arguing that many of our regrets are unwarranted. It also develops a cultural politics of regret, examining how expe...
| ISBN: | 9780197651384 |
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| Published: |
New York
Oxford University Press
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65815 |
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| Abstract: |
This book provides a detailed philosophical analysis of the role of regret in human decision-making. It develops an original account of why and when we should regret the things we do, arguing that many of our regrets are unwarranted. It also develops a cultural politics of regret, examining how experiences of regret are regulated by social discourses around, for example, gender and motherhood. |
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| Keywords: |
Regret; decision-making; personal identity; reasons; time; cultural politics; gender; pronatalism; female sterilisation; abortion. |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |