Actions, reasons and reason / edited by Marco Iorio and Ralf Stoecker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iorio, Marco, 1965- editor.

Stoecker, Ralf, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Reason.

Bittner, Rüdiger, 1945-.

Bittner, Rüdiger.

Physical Description:

viii, 182 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]

Summary:

Through the whole history of mankind philosophers have taken pride in being reasonable agents. Rüdiger Bittner, one of the internationally most renowned German philosophers and winner of the Gottlob Frege award 2011, has developed a surprisingly different picture: We are much more part than master of the universe. The volume discusses this challenging view from various angles of practical philosophy including the aesthetics of film and theater. Book jacket.

Contents:

A Desirer's Reason / Rüdiger Bittner Bittner, Rüdiger 5

Explaining Actions by Reasons / Ansgar Beckermann Beckermann, Ansgar 27

How to Improve On Bittner's Proposal / Jens Kulenkampff Kulenkampff, Jens 45

Reasons, Reason-Giving and Explanation / Marco Iorio Iorio, Marco 61

How Much Can We Say about Practical judgement? / Onora O'Neill O'Neill, Onora 77

A Modest Defense of Regret / R. Jay Wallace Wallace, R. Jay 87

Of Ducks and Men / Ralf Stoecker Stoecker, Ralf 99

Reasons for Bare Respect / Martina Herrmann Herrmann, Martina 109

Pacifism and Moral Judgment / Kirsten Meyer Meyer, Kirsten 127

The Metaphysical Need and the Utopian Impulse / Raymond Geuss Geuss, Raymond 141

Reasonable Movies for Reasonable Agents / Susanne Kaul Kaul, Susanne 161

Performing on the Media Stage / Hajo Kurzenberger Kurzenberger, Hajo 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110346015

311034601X

OCLC:

913829581