The constitution of agency : essays on practical reason and moral psychology / Christine M. Korsgaard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korsgaard, Christine M. (Christine Marion), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Practical reason.

Psychology and philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 345 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Essays on practical reason and moral psychology

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christine M. Korsgaard is one of the leading moral philosophers this volume collects ten influential papers by her on practical reason and moral psychology. She draws on the work of such great philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hume, showing how their ideas can inform the solution of contemporary and traditional problems.

Contents:

The normativity of instrumental reason

The myth of egoism

Self constitution in the ethics of Plato and Kant

Aristotle's function argument

Aristotle on function and virtue

From duty and for the sake of the noble: Kant and Aristotle on morally good action

Acting for a reason

Taking the law into our own hands: Kant on the right to revolution

The general point of view: love and moral approval in Hume's ethics

Realism and constructivism in twentieth-century moral philosophy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-281-85337-2

9786611853372

0-19-156459-1

OCLC:

422877191