Motivation in the Ancient Greek Ethos: Punishment, Shame, and Moral Guilt

Andrei G. Zavaliy

doi:10.5771/9781666920550

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-2054-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2055-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 256
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Abbreviations No access
4. 1. The Art of Motivation No access
  2. Motivating and Normative Reasons No access
  3. Reasons for Action and Appeal to Fear No access
  4. Rational Choice and Irrational Drives No access
  5. The Structure and Methodology of the Book No access
  6. Notes No access
1. Human vs. Divine Punishment No access
2. Fear of the Gods, Morality, and Civilization No access
3. Direct Forms of Punishment and Stigma of Pollution No access
4. The Efficiency of Religious Motivation No access
5. 1. Atheism No access
  2. God’s Indifference No access
  3. Placating the Gods No access
6. Final Remarks: A Deferred Punishment No access
7. Notes No access
1. Fear of Pain as a Deterrent: General Observations No access
2. The Question of Priority: Earthly vs. Divine Sanctions No access
3. The Kinds of Punishment in Ancient Athens No access
4. The Mytilenean Debate on Death Penalty No access
5. The Question of Nobility: Acting for an Unworthy Reason No access
6. Concluding Remarks: The Limits of Earthly Threats No access
7. Notes No access
1. Yearning for Remembrance No access
2. Value of Glory in Archaic Greece No access
3. The Epitome of Valor: Remembering the Heroes of the Persian Wars No access
4. Preserving the Name: Warriors, Poets, and Athletes No access
5. Punishment by Oblivion: Erasing the Name No access
6. Abandoning the Homeric Ethos: Fame as an Overestimated Value No access
7. Notes No access
1. Preface: The Good and the Bad Fear No access
2. Shame as a Pillar of Social Stability No access
3. Shame in the Age of Heroes No access
4. Selective Shame No access
5. Shamelessness No access
6. A Regional Anomaly: Shame in Sparta No access
7. Overcoming Shame and the Case of Neoptolemus No access
8. Notes No access
1. Preface: A Moral Evolution No access
2. Self-Reproach, Guilt, Regret, and Remorse No access
3. Feeling Bad about Oneself: A Conspicuous Lacuna No access
4. A Divided Self and the Subjective Turn No access
5. Self-Shaming in Plato No access
6. 1. Euripides No access
  2. Isocrates No access
7. 1. Who Are “The Bad Ones” in Aristotle? No access
8. Postscript: The New Directions No access
9. Notes No access
1. Beyond Fear No access
2. Force, Persuasion, and Moral Autonomy No access
3. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 231 - 246
Index No access Pages 247 - 254
About the Author No access Pages 255 - 256