The Benefits of Anger

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Amia shinevasen is a philosopher at the university of oxford. She argues that rage does have costs, but she wants us to remember that it can be useful to communities, causes and individuals. "Anger can play this clarifying role for myself. It can make me come to certain kinds of moral and political realizations i didn't have before"

Neuroscientist Doug Fields was on a trip to Europe when a pickpocket stole his wallet. Doug, normally mild-mannered, became enraged — and his fury turned him into a stranger to himself. This week, we revisit a favorite 2020 episode about the secret logic of irrational anger.

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