Most elpistologists now agree that hope for a specific outcome involves more than just
desire plus the presupposition that the outcome is possible. This paper argues that the …

Hope is often seen as at once valuable and dangerous: it can fuel our motivation in the face
of challenges, but can also distract us from reality and lead us to irrationality. How can we …

This research explores the complex mechanism leading to a subsequent entrepreneurship
career choice (SECC), whether perceived as a failure or not. It mobilizes the theory of hope …

Much recent philosophical discussion has explored the political value of holding onto certain
hopes for shared ends. This paper considers whether there is correlative political value of …

Members of marginalized groups who desire to pursue ambitious ends that might lead them
to overcome disadvantage often face evidential situations that do not support the belief that …

There has been a renewed interest in the role of hope for our ability to act rationally under
uncertainty, where accounts have tended to focus on either one of two (apparently …

I examine the relationship between taking Pascal's wager, faith, and hope. First, I argue that
many who take Pascal's wager have genuine faith that God exists. The person of faith and …

Drawing on recent work in psychology, I argue that there are not one but several distinct
virtues pertaining to willpower or strength of will:(1) the disposition to exercise willpower;(2) …

Modern ethical thought has taken direction from a certain paradigm of independent ethical
agency. In Kant's language of Aufklärung, individuals truly exercise ethical agency when …

Pursuing difficult long-term goals typically involves encountering substantial evidence of
possible future failure. If decisions to pursue such goals are serious only if one believes that …