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  • Conclusion

  • Sara Protasi, University of Puget Sound, Washington
  • Book:
    The Philosophy of Envy
    Published online:
    01 July 2021
    Print publication:
    15 July 2021, pp 151-160

  • Summary

    The Conclusion sketches two notions: a metaphysical one – that much human goodness depends on implicit or explicit rankings and positionality; and an epistemic one – that we use implicit or explicit comparison to know what position we occupy in this continuum of goodness. Envy’s signaling value may be much more important than previously thought. If most of human goodness is relational, comparative, competitive, or positional, then it is not surprising that envy is a universal emotion. It safeguards our chance at happiness.