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The uninhibited expression of anger and rage is a good th... — Carmelics

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The uninhibited expression of anger and rage is a good thing.

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Such venting is cathartic.
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1.Aristotle's doctrine of the mean holds that virtuous anger is proportionate, targeted, and expressed at the right time—not uninhibited.
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2.Uninhibited expression bypasses the rational governance of emotion that Stoic and Aristotelian traditions identify as constitutive of moral agency.
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3.An action that undermines rational self-governance cannot be unconditionally good, even if it produces momentary subjective relief.
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1.Empirical psychology (Bushman, 2002) demonstrates that venting anger through expression amplifies rather than dissipates aggressive affect.
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2.If catharsis increases rather than reduces harmful emotional states, the primary justification for uninhibited rage expression collapses.
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Nietzsche’s view suggests the further idea that even episodic angry emotions may be a sign of moral infirmity, insofar as such emotions concede power to others by revealing one’s vulnerability to injury. But the truly noble or strong are thought to have, in some sense, no such vulnerabilities. Second, some recent popular views suggest that the uninhibited expression of anger and rage is a good thing, insofar as such venting is cathartic. But on consequentialist grounds alone it seems clear that controlling intense anger rather than its unfettered expression is closer to what a good life requir...

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