Agnes Callard on Anger

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🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Philosopher Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about anger. Is anger something we should vilify and strive to eradicate in ourselves? Or should we accept it as a necessary and appropriate human emotion? Callard takes a fresh look at anger and has much to say about jealousy, desire, and forgiveness as well.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:13.0	Institution.
0:14.0	Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links and other
0:19.0	information related to today's conversation.
0:21.0	You'll also find our archives, with every episode we've done going back to 2006.
0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:29.8	We'd love to hear from you.
0:33.8	Today is April 5th, 2021, and my guest is philosopher Agnes Callard of the University of
0:41.2	Chicago.
0:42.6	This is Agnes' third appearance on econtalk.
0:45.2	She was last here in September of 2020, talking about aspiration.
0:49.8	I want to thank Plantronics for providing today's guest with the Blackwire 5220 headset.
0:54.8	Agnes, welcome back to econtalk.
0:56.8	Thank you.
0:57.8	Our topic for today is anger.
0:59.8	I want to let parents listening with children know that we make it into some adult themes.
1:04.3	If you're one of those parents listening with children, I'd love to hear if you care that
1:07.8	I warn you in advance.
1:09.8	So let's get started.
1:11.8	Agnes, you argue that anger is a moral sense.
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