Do emotions drive political engagement?
A busy pizzeria takes many orders and makes many pizzas, but its busyness doesn’t *cause* these, except via feedback effects.
Likewise, I argue here, emotions correlate with new evaluations and motivations, but don’t *cause* them, except via feedback effects.
Review of Philosophy and Psychology - Emotions are widely taken to play an important role in motivating political engagement. Activists and scholars often emphasize emotional responses such as...
