'It is clearly and engagingly written, uses vivid examples throughout, and covers an impressively wide range of emotions. Roberts discusses the philosophical and neurological literature on emotion, as well as many literary case studies. He makes a strong case for the importance of emotions to ethics. In fact, anyone who believes otherwise will have a hard time responding to Roberts because of the enormous number of examples and arguments presented in this book.' Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma

• 1. Studying emotions; 2. The nature of emotions; 3. The variety of emotions; 4. The play of emotional feelings.

'It is clearly and engagingly written, uses vivid examples throughout, and covers an impressively wide range of emotions. Roberts discusses the philosophical and neurological literature on emotion, as well as many literary case studies. He makes a strong case for the importance of emotions to ethics. In fact, anyone who believes otherwise will have a hard time responding to Roberts because of the enormous number of examples and arguments presented in this book.' Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma

• 1. Studying emotions; 2. The nature of emotions; 3. The variety of emotions; 4. The play of emotional feelings.

'It is clearly and engagingly written, uses vivid examples throughout, and covers an impressively wide range of emotions. Roberts discusses the philosophical and neurological literature on emotion, as well as many literary case studies. He makes a strong case for the importance of emotions to ethics. In fact, anyone who believes otherwise will have a hard time responding to Roberts because of the enormous number of examples and arguments presented in this book.' Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma

• 1. Studying emotions; 2. The nature of emotions; 3. The variety of emotions; 4. The play of emotional feelings.