%0 Journal Article
%T Justifying Oneself
%A Piper
%A Mark
%J -
%D 2017
%R 10.31820/ejap.13.1.2
%X Sa£¿etak At present, the activity of justifying oneself is mostly discussed in psychology, where it is typically viewed as a negative or at least regrettable activity involving changing one¡¯s attitudes, beliefs, and feelings in order to minimize psychological threats arising from cognitive dissonance. Yet there is conceptual space, even a need, for an analysis of justifying oneself that is more content-neutral in nature. In this paper I provide such an analysis. Along the way I also briefly canvass some of the empirical work on self- justification in psychology and gesture towards issues surrounding the normative significance of the practice of justifying oneself
%K justification
%K self-justification
%K self-defence
%K commitment
%K internal justification
%K external justification
%K dialectical interaction
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