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):

Bittner, Rüdiger, 1945-.

Bittner, Rüdiger.

Act (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Reason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the whole history of mankind philosophers have taken pride in being reasonable agents. During the last decades Rüdiger Bittner, one of the internationally best renown 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 articles in the volume address this challenging view, illuminating and discussing it from various angles of practical philosophy including the aesthetics of film and theatre. Authors: Ansgar Beckermann (Bielefeld), Rüdiger Bittner (Bielefeld), Raymond Geuss (Cambridge), Martina Herrmann (Dortmund), Marco Iorio (Potsdam), Susanne Kaul (Bielefeld), Jens Kulenkampff (Erlangen), Hajo Kurzenberger (Hildesheim), Kirsten Meyer (Berlin), Onora O'Neill (Cambridge), Ralf Stoecker (Bielefeld), Jay Wallace (Berkeley).

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Desirer’s Reason

Explaining Actions by Reasons

How to Improve On Bittner’s Proposal

Reasons, Reason-Giving and Explanation

How Much Can We Say about Practical Judgement?

A Modest Defense of Regret

Of Ducks and Men

Reasons for Bare Respect

Pacifism and Moral Judgment

The Metaphysical Need and the Utopian Impulse

Reasonable Movies for Reasonable Agents

Performing on the Media Stage

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110346305

3110346303

9783110384543

311038454X

OCLC:

915154514