Ethics and practical reason
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Ethics and practical reason
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1997
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- : pbk
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"The majority of essays in this volume were presented in earlier versions at the Ethics and Practical Reason Conference held by the Department of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews from 23 to 26 March 1995"--Acknowledgements
Includes bibliographical references (p. [400]-412) and index
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: hardcover ISBN 9780198236467
Description
These thirteen new, specially written essays by a distinguished international line-up of contributors, including some leading contemporary moral philosophers, give a rich and varied view of current work on ethics and practical reason. The three main perspectives on the topic, Kantian, Humean, and Aristotelian, are all well represented. Issues covered include: the connection between reason and motivation; the source of moral reasons and their relation to reasons of self-interest; the relation of practical reason to value, to freedom, to responsibility, and to feelings. The editors' introduction provides a valuable introductory survey of the topic, putting the individual essays in context. Ethics and Practical Reason will be essential reading for scholars, postgraduates, and upper-level undergraduates working in this area.
Table of Contents
- J. David Velleman: deciding how to decide
- Peter Railton: on the hypothetical and non-hypothetical in reasoning about action
- James Dreier: Humean doubts about the practical justification of morality
- Carrett Cullity: practical theory
- Robert Audi: moral judgement and reasons for action
- Berys Gaut: the structure of practical reason
- Terence Irwin: practical reason divided: Aquinas and his critics
- Christine Korsgaard: the normativity of instrumental reason
- David Brink: Kantian rationalism: inescapibility, authority, and supremacy
- Michael Smith: a theory of freedom and responsibility
- Jay Wallace: reason and responsibility
- John Skorupski: reasons and reason
- Joseph Raz: the amoralist.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780198236696
Description
These thirteen new, specially written essays by a distinguished international line-up of contributors, including some leading contemporary moral philosophers, give a rich and varied view of current work on ethics and practical reason. The three main perspectives on the topic, Kantian, Humean, and Aristotelian, are all well represented. Issues covered include: the connection between reason and motivation; the source of moral reasons and their relation to reasons of
self-interest; the relation of practical reason to value, to freedom, to responsibility, and to feelings. The editors' introduction provides a valuable introductory survey of the topic, putting the individual essays in context. Ethics and Practical Reason will be essential reading for scholars,
postgraduates, and upper-level undergraduates working in this area.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Deciding how to Decide
- On the Hypothetical and Non-Hypothetical in Reasoning about Action
- Humean Doubts about the Practical Justification of Morality
- Practical Theory
- Moral Judgement and Reasons for Action
- The Structure of Practical Reason
- Practical Reason Divided: Aquinas and his Critics
- The Normativity of Instrumental Reason
- Kantian Rationalism: Inescapibility, Authority, and Supremacy
- A Theory of Freedom and Responsibility
- Reason and Responsibility
- Reasons and Reason
- The Amoralist
- Bibliography. Index.
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