I show that accepting it can yield a rich account of two distinct ways in which we can lose hope: A person can lose hope either by ceasing to hope for a desired outcome (i.e., hopelessness) or by ceasing to be hopeful that a desired outcome will obtain (i.e., despair). Thinking about these negative attitudes in these two ways, I contend, is ...

2020年10月10日 · Hope is a fine companion—just not always a reliable one. And say what you will about Despair, but if nothing else, Despair is reliable. Call out for Despair, and Despair comes running.

While a person in both cases lacks hope, the one who merely resigns him or herself regards the current level of pain as bearable. If you resign, you accept the hand you’ve been dealt, however...

2015年10月22日 · Kierkegaard characterizes the relation between despair and hope in two ways: as hopelessness, and as an unwillingness to hope. Using Aquinas’ account of hope and despair, Kierkegaardian despair may be seen fundamentally as hopelessness (as …

Hope is the expectation of a positive outcome despite the circumstances (Wikipedia, 2007). “Hope sees the unseen, and expects the impossible” (Hebrews 11.4). For patients, Penson and colleagues (2007) underscore a belief that the physician-patient connection

Hope vs despair refers to the contrasting emotional states where hope embodies optimism, belief in a positive future, and resilience, while despair represents a sense of hopelessness, futility, and deep sadness.

2024年1月25日 · My research shows that downward trends in hope are a key factor in the rising numbers of U.S. deaths of despair—a term that encompasses suicide, overdoses, and alcohol-related mortality.

2023年11月1日 · Her work, published in new book The Power of Hope: How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair, examines the knock-on effects of hope on different groups, and its power for combatting human despair.

2024年11月18日 · Hope is a possibility but not a guarantee. A possibility to try again. A chance to build what despair wants to destroy. Hope inspires action. It turns dreams into possibilities. Hope builds strength. It teaches us to rise after we fall. Hope connects. It brings people together when despair pulls them apart. The Power of Small Steps.

For several reasons social ideologies are biased in favor of hope. First, and most obviously, hope can relieve suffering, so people naturally prefer it to despair, just as they prefer drugs that relieve anxiety to those that cause it. Not only do we prefer hope to despair in ourselves, we have similar strong preferences for oth-