@article{dddd8420c9254856a890e23ab6a3992b,
title = "Grit",
abstract = "As psychologists have emphasized, achieving difficult, long-term goals requires the capacity for perseverance, or “grit.” We argue that grit is distinct from familiar philosophical notions like willpower and continence. Specifically, grit has an important epistemic dimension: quitting is often caused by a loss of confidence that continued effort will result in success. Correspondingly, successful exercises of grit often involve “epistemic resilience” in the face of setbacks suggesting that success is not forthcoming. We argue that resilient reasoning can be epistemically rational to some extent, though it depends in part on whether the agent{\textquoteright}s circumstances involve severe material scarcity or oppression.",
author = "Morton, {Jennifer M.} and Paul, {Sarah K.}",
note = "Funding Information: * Many thanks to audiences at the American University of Beirut, NYU–New York, NYU–Abu Dhabi, Ohio State, Stanford University, UNC–Chapel Hill, and the University of Southern California, as well as to the participants in workshops at the CSMN/University of Oslo, Florida State, NYU–Abu Dhabi, the NYC Early Career Ethics Workshop, the University of Copenhagen, and the Yale Moral Psychology Working Group. Additional thanks are due to Michael Bratman, Harry Brighouse, Sarah Buss, Agnes Callard, Clinton Castro, Ben Schwan, and Mike Titelbaum for helpful conversations and to Nomy Arpaly, Luc Bovens, Michael Della Rocca, Beri Maru{\v s}i{\'c}, Sarah Stroud, two anonymous referees, and several associate editors at Ethics for written comments. This article was made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in the article are our own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation. It was also supported by research funds from NYU–Abu Dhabi. The authors contributed equally to this article. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1086/700029",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "129",
pages = "175--203",
journal = "Ethics",
issn = "0014-1704",
publisher = "University of Chicago",
number = "2",
}