Corns Jennifer
Philosophy, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow, 67-69 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK.
Rev Philos Psychol. 2018;9(3):607-625. doi: 10.1007/s13164-018-0382-7. Epub 2018 Feb 5.
The negativity bias is a broad psychological principle according to which the negative is more causally efficacious than the positive. Bad, as it is often put, is stronger than good. The principle is widely accepted and often serves as a constraint in affective science. If true, it has significant implications for everyday life and philosophical inquiry. In this article, I submit the negativity bias to its first dose of philosophical scrutiny and argue that it should be rejected. I conclude by offering some alternative hedonic hypotheses that survive the offered arguments and may prove fruitful.
消极偏见是一条广泛适用的心理学原理，据此原理，消极因素在因果关系上比积极因素更具效力。常言所说的坏事比好事更强大。这一原理被广泛接受，且常作为情感科学中的一项限制条件。如果这一原理属实，那么它对日常生活和哲学探究都有着重大影响。在本文中，我首次对消极偏见进行哲学审视，并论证应当摒弃这一偏见。最后，我提出了一些替代性的享乐主义假说，这些假说经受住了所提出的论证，或许会被证明是富有成效的。
