Isserow, J orcid.org/0000-0001-5900-8363 (2023) Self-Esteem: On the Form of Self-Worth Worth Having. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. ISSN 0279-0750
Abstract
Self-esteem is traditionally regarded as an important human good. But it has suffered a number of injuries to its good name. Critics allege that endeavours to promote self-esteem merely foster narcissism or entitlement, and urge that we redirect our efforts elsewhere. I argue that such criticisms are symptomatic of a normative decline in how we think and theorize about self-esteem rather than a defect in the construct itself. After exposing the shortcomings of alternative proposals, I develop an account of self-esteem that reflects what its supporters have in mind: a valuable form of self-appraisal worth fostering in others and ourselves.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2023 11:31 |
Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2023 14:41 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12434 |
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