"Jealousy is about betrayal. It's not just, oh, i wish, i could have that bantering relationship with my wife," he says. "A jealousy is looking for signs of that infidelity in all different kinds of behavior." The author also talks about how his oldest child felt betrayed when he told him he was having a saplin.
Philosopher Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about anger. Is anger something we should vilify and strive to eradicate in ourselves? Or should we accept it as a necessary and appropriate human emotion? Callard takes a fresh look at anger and has much to say about jealousy, desire, and forgiveness as well.