Practical realism and moral psychology

著者

• Jacobs, Jonathan A.

書誌事項

Practical realism and moral psychology

Jonathan Jacobs

Georgetown University Press, 1995

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In this original study, Jonathan Jacobs provides a new account of ethical realism that combines both abstract meta-ethical issues defining the debate on realism and concrete topics in moral psychology. Jacobs argues that practical reasoners can both understand the ethical significance of facts and be motivated to act by that understanding. In that sense, objective considerations are prescriptive. In his discussion of the theory of practical realism, he extends themes and claims originating in Aristotelian ethics while engaging with the most important contemporary literature. Arguing that desire and reason can agree on what is good, Jacobs explains how good action is naturally pleasing to the agent. In acting well, the agent affirms certain values and enjoys doing so. Jacobs grounds his explanation of ethical value in detailed explorations of the moral psychology of self-love, friendship, and respect. Students and scholars of philosophy will be intrigued by this integrated account of meta-ethics, practical reason, and moral psychology.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA25954332
• ISBN:
  • 0878405836
• LCCN: 94037060
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Washington, D.C.
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 182 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : B835
  • DC20 : 171/.2
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Realism
  • LCSH : Self-acceptance
  • LCSH : Reasoning
  • LCSH : Friendship
  • LCSH : Respect