Replies to Gasdaglis, Tarver, Conway, and Fullarton

Authors

• Mariana Alessandri, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

Summer 2026

Abstract

I am grateful to the four commentators for taking time to read Night Vision with care, and for providing their insights in the form of thoughts, questions, and challenges. Themes in this response include shame, emotional work, compassion, scarcity, sharing pain as gift vs. burden, our nonideal world, ableism, love, and justification. There are countless other topics that merited a thorough response, such as distinguishing between types of light, eros, verticality vs. horizontality, the lessons of suffering, teaching and humility, and a deeper analysis of the cost of compassion.

Comments

Mariana Alessandri © 2026 CC-BY-NC-ND

Recommended Citation

Alessandri, Mariana. “Replies to Gasdaglis, Tarver, Conway, and Fullarton.” Journal of Philosophy of Emotion 8, no. 2 (2026): 48–56. https://doi.org/10.33497/2026.latesummer.6.

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First Page

48

Last Page

56

Publication Title

Journal of Philosophy of Emotion

DOI

10.33497/2026.latesummer.6