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Slaves of the passions / Mark Schroeder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schroeder, Mark Andrew, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hume, David, 1711-1776.
- Hume, David.
- Ethics.
- Act (Philosophy).
- Agent (Philosophy).
- Emotions (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 224 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mark Schroeder presents an original theory of reasons for action. This theory is broadly Humean, in holding that reasons for action are instrumental, or explained by desires. 'Slaves of the Passions' will be essential reading for anyone interested in metaethics, practical reason, or explanatory moral theory.
- Contents:
- Reasons and the humean theory
- Background conditions
- Incoherence and chauvinism
- Reduction of the normative
- Too many reasons
- Too few reasons
- Weighting for reasons
- Desire
- Motivation, knowledge, and virtue
- Instrumentalism
- Why be humean?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-957572-X
- 1-281-85307-0
- 9786611853075
- 0-19-153847-7
- 1-4356-3399-7
- OCLC:
- 735626984
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