ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes the argumentation of the book, provides an outlook on outstanding issues, and offers some concluding remarks. The outlook section presents three areas which have not been the focus of discussion in this book, but which warrant a more extensive treatment and further research. First, there is an outstanding issue about what degree of certainty would be appropriate to ever hold someone accountable for or even judge that someone experiences an unfair emotion. Second, anger is portrayed by different authors as either a valuable tool for protest or as an irredeemably violent emotion. Third, while the book relies on a notion of fittingness, it does not offer a full account of it. The chapter concludes by suggesting that the account offered in this book both enables a better conceptualization of the unfairness of certain emotions and engages with broader philosophical debates about emotional fittingness and moral responsibility. Ultimately, it suggests a careful approach to emotional criticism that is mindful of the delicate subject of judging someone’s emotions while affirming their relevance to how people relate to each other both personally and morally.
