Regret

Introduction Part One: The Philosophy of Regret Chapter One: Making Sense of Regret 1.1. Introduction 1.2. How To Develop an Account of Regret 1.3. What Regret Is (And What It Is Not) 1.4. The Psychology of Regret 1.5. Are There <"Types> " Of Regret? 1.6. The Rational and Intelligible Limits of Regret Chapter Two: On The <"Fittingness> " Of Regret 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The Moralistic Fallacy 2.3. The <"Shape> " And <"Size> " Of Regret 2.4. Is It Always Unreasonable to Regret? Chapter Three: Reasons, Mistakes and Justified Decisions 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Practical Identity and Decision-Justification 3.3. <"Epistemically Available> " Reasons 3.4. Perspective-Dependent and Perspective-Independent Reasons 3.5. Retrospective Justification 3.6. Reasons And Time 3.7. Self-Transformations 3.8. Akrasia And Regret Chapter Four: Regret, Agency and Responsibility 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Regret And the Scope of Responsibility 4.3. Against Williams's <"Agent-Regret> " 4.4. Description, Intention and The Framing of Responsibility 4.5. Accidents, Apologies and Interpersonal Relations Chapter Five: Regret, Valuing and Virtue 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Regret, Attachment and Affirmation 5.3. Assessing Wallace's Account 5.4. Regret And Unrealized Values 5.5. Conflicts Of Value and Tragic Choices Coda: Aristotle and Stoicism Part Two: The Politics of Regret Chapter Six: The Social Structuring of Regret 6.1. Introduction 6.2. The Cultural Politics of Emotion 6.3. The Social Contours of Regret 6.4. Pro-Natalism and Regret 6.5. Regretting Motherhood Chapter Seven: Voluntary Sterilisation and Regret 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Unsuccessful Sterilisation Requests 7.3. Autonomy And Medical Paternalism 7.4. Sterilisation, Well-Being and Informed Consent 7.5. Permanency, Commitment and Choice 7.6. Credibility, Identity and Epistemic Injustice Chapter Eight: Abortion and Regret 8.1. Introduction 8.2. The Politicisation of Abortion Regret 8.3. The Rise to Prominence of Abortion Regret 8.4. Ripple Effects 8.5. The Normative Force of Abortion Regret Chapter Nine: Trans Regret 9.1. Introduction 9.2. A Note on Terminology 9.3. The Purported <"Problem> " Of Trans Regret 9.4. Personally Transformative Treatment 9.5. Trans Regret and The Authentic Self Chapter Ten: Living with And Without Regret 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Refusing To Regret 10.3. The Waxing and Waning of Regret 10.4. Self-Forgiveness and Regret 10.5. Looking To the Future 10.6. Regulating Regret Bibliography Index