In 1995, I published an article on humility, and observed that philosophers had neglected that virtue.1
More than two decades later, the situation has changed dramatically.2 A trove of books and articles can be found on religious conceptions of humility, humility in non-Western traditions, humility in the context of environmental ethics, and from psychologists and political scientists working on humility.3 Other contributors to this volume will take up aspects of those rich resources.
In this chapter, I focus on contemporary philosophical conceptions of humility, with a brief initial nod to how it was viewed in the history ofWestern philosophy. In addition, a large contemporary literature has emerged on modesty. In some of this work, the construct that philosophers call “modesty” is essentially the same as that which others call “humility.” I will discuss a subset of this work.1.1
More on the topic In 1995, I published an article on humility, and observed that philosophers had neglected that virtue.1:
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