How does a novel entice or enlist us? How does a song surprise or seduce us? Why do we
bristle when a friend belittles a book we love, or fall into a funk when a favored TV series …

Manipulation is a concern in many domains, such as social media, advertising, and
chatbots. As AI systems mediate more of our digital interactions, it is important to understand …

Can quite different values be rationally weighed against one another? Can the value of one
thing always be ranked as greater than, equal to, or less than the value of something else? If …

Examining the self is at the heart of coaching and this book provides a comprehensive
overview of knowledge on the Self from psychology, philosophy and other disciplines …

From pioneering treatment developers, this book describes recovery-oriented cognitive
therapy (CT-R). This evidence-based approach empowers people given a serious mental …

Abstract In her BBC Reith Lectures on Trust, Onora O'Neill offers a short, but biting, criticism
of transparency. People think that trust and transparency go together but in reality, says …

Addiction is standardly characterized as a neurobiological disease of compulsion. Against
this characterization, I argue that many cases of addiction cannot be explained without …

As psychologists have emphasized, achieving difficult, long-term goals requires the capacity
for perseverance, or “grit.” We argue that grit is distinct from familiar philosophical notions …

Emerging automated-decision making (ADM) technologies invite scholars to engage with
future points in time and contexts that have not yet arisen. This particular state of not …

Slips of the tongue, unwitting favoritism, and stereotyped assumptions are just some
examples of microaggression. Nearly all of us commit microaggressions at some point, even …