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The Psychology of Gratitude$
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Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780195150100

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195150100.001.0001

The Gratitude of Exchange and the Gratitude of Caring

A Developmental-Interactionist Perspective of Moral Emotion

Chapter:
(p. 100 ) 6 The Gratitude of Exchange and the Gratitude of Caring
Source:
The Psychology of Gratitude
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Ross Buck

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195150100.003.0006

This chapter examines the difference between gratitude of exchange and gratitude of caring from a developmental-interactionist perspective of moral emotion. It suggests that complete treatments of gratitude must recognize its dual nature because important implications of failing to do so follow. It attempts to relate each form of gratitude to its biological origins in curiosity and attachment, and highlights the importance of this distinction for understanding important social issues such as the nature of evil.

Keywords:   gratitude, moral emotion, curiosity, evil, social issues

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