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Modern philosophy has been vexed by the question "Why should I be moral?" and by doubts about the rational authority of moral virtue. In Reasons without Rationalism, Kieran Setiya shows that these doubts rest on a mistake. The "should" of practical reason cannot be understood apa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Setiya, Kieran, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Virtue.
Act (Philosophy)
Practical reason.
Virtues.
Morale.
Vertus.
Action (Philosophie)
Raison pratique.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Squeezing the good into the right through the tubes of imperfection"
  • The relevance of action theory
  • A puzzle about intention
  • The belief-desire model
  • Acting for reasons
  • Solving the puzzle
  • A causal theory of action?
  • Against the guise of the good
  • Character and practical thought
  • An argument for the virtue theory
  • Practical reason and the guise of the good
  • Motivation and desire
  • Self-knowledge as the aim of action.

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