The moral psychology of amusement

In: Moral psychology of the emotions

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Moral Psychology of Amusement -- Section I: Amusement and Moral Judgments -- Section II: Moral Judgments of Amusement -- Section III: Social Moral Judgments of Amusement -- Section IV: Ancient Perspectives on the Moral Judgments of Amusement -- Amusement as Emotion -- References -- Part I: Amusement and Moral Judgments -- Chapter 1: LOL: What We Can Learn from Forced Laughter -- 1. Theories of Humor and Amusement -- 2. Forced Laughter -- 3. Emotional Content, Expression, and Deception -- 4. Motoric Enaction -- 5. Social Enaction -- 6. Normative Disarmament -- 7. Enactive Forced Laughter -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: An Interactional Sociolinguist Engages the Moral Psychology of Amusement -- An Individual Sense of Humor -- Metadiscoursal Manipulation Using "I was just joking" -- Changing Norms on What Is Suitable for Amusement -- Reactionary Revolt Against So-called "Political Correctness" -- Ethical Dilemmas of Response in Situations Where People Violate Changing Norms -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: It's All Fun and Games until Someone Gets Hurt: Amusement's Negative Influence on Moral Judgment -- Part I: Amusement's Positive Influence -- Part II: Amusement's Negative Influence -- Part III: Implications -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Moral Judgments of Amusement -- Chapter 4: Beyond a Joke: A Defence of Comic Moralism -- 1. The Merited-Response Argument -- 2. A Benign-Appraisal Condition -- 3. Defending from Carroll's Criticism -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: This Isn't Funny: It's Serious -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Humor, Amusement, and Serious Attitudes -- 3. Explaining Criticism of Humor as Lacking Seriousness -- 4. Evaluating Criticisms of Humor -- 5. Considering Context.