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Dec 7, 2022·edited Dec 7, 2022

Very interesting paper! I wonder what you make of empirical research on anger and its possible prudential cost in victims of perceived injustice. I am no expert but from poking around I have the impression that it might, for example, up the odds of depression and chronic pain in victims. My basic thought here is that perhaps in weighing the pros and cons of outrage anger we should consider the those kinds of prudential benefits or costs of harboring anger in addition to the moral and epistemic factors you nicely identify - but maybe you discuss this? More generally, as someone who has not tracked this sub-area in detail I wonder if people have discussed empirical work on the possible prudential costs of anger and empirical work on anger's value along various dimensions. (fwiw here is a sample paper with interesting clinical recommendations at the end that has me thinking about this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707294/)

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