Abstract
Moods and emotions, like hopelessness, despondency, anxiety, fear and despair, are countered by hope, and all are familiar phenomena in human life. Hope itself is an ‘everyday’ kind of phenomenon, as common as laughter and tears. Hopelessness, despondency and despair are also common. However, these particular phenomena differ from hope with respect to the seriousness of their objects. Hope is certainly relevant where serious issues, events or states of affairs are concerned, but one can also hope for trivial objectives, and for a whole range of objectives in between the light-hearted and those of the utmost seriousness.
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© 2004 Jayne M. Waterworth
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Waterworth, J.M. (2004). An Analysis of Everyday Hope. In: A Philosophical Analysis of Hope. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230506022_2
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