Thinking how to live / Allan Gibbard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbard, Allan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expressivism (Ethics).

Normativity (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gibbard considers how our actions and our realities emerge from the thousands of questions and decisions we form for ourselves. This book investigates the very nature of the questions we ask ourselves when we ask how we should live.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I Preliminaries

1 Introduction: A Possibility Proof

2 Intuitionism as Template: Emending Moore

II The Thing to Do

3 Planning and Ruling Out: The Frege-Geach Problem

4 Judgment, Disagreement, Negation

5 Supervenience and Constitution

6 Character and Import

III Normative Concepts

7 Ordinary Oughts: Meaning and Motivation

8 Normative Kinds: Patterns of Engagement

9 What to Say about the Thing to Do: The Expressivistic Turn and What It Gains Us

IV Knowing What to Do

10 Explaining with Plans

11 Knowing What to Do

12 Ideal Response Concepts

13 Deep Vindication and Practical Confidence

14 Impasse and Dissent

References

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.

ISBN:

9780674263758

0674263758

9780674037588

0674037588

OCLC:

848215082