Theories of action and morality : perspectives from philosophy and social theory / edited by Mark Alznauer and Jose M. Torralba.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alznauer, Mark, editor.

Torralba, Jose M., editor.

Series:

Reason and normativity ; Volume 12.

Reason and Normativity ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hildesheim, [Germany] ; Zürich, [Switzerland] ; New York, [New York] : Georg Olms Verlag, 2016.

Summary:

The essays in this volume address the question of whether we can understand human action without reference to moral norms or values. Although the authors approach this question in different and sometimes even incompatible ways, they are united in thinking that it is undesirable or even incoherent to treat human agency as if it were conceptually independent of value questions. The editors have attempted to invite contributions that would be interesting to both philosophers and social theorists. The conjunction of philosophic and sociological perspectives might help to overcome some of the mutual misunderstandings that have been fostered by a lack of dialogue between the philosophic and sociological action theory. The volume includes essays by Terry Pinkard, Sebastian Rödl, Dieter Schönecker, Ana Marta González, John Levi Martin, Alejandro N. García Martínez, Sophie Djigo, Teresa Enríquez, and Evgenia Mylonaki.

Contents:

Reason And Normativity

Impressum

Contents

Introduction

Contrasting Concepts Of Agency and The Space Of Reasons / Terry Pinkard

Acting As The Internal End of Acting / Sebastian Rödl

Why There Is No Fact Of Reason In the Groundwork. Three Arguments / Dieter Schönecker

The Recovery Of Action In Social Theory: Acting Out Of Sentiment, Acting Out Of character, Acting Out Of Interest, Acting Out Of Will / Ana Marta González; Simmel And Rickert

On Aesthetics and Historical Explanation / John Levi Martin

The Realist Sociological approach To Action / Alejandro N. García Martínez

Leverage And Truth / Sophie Djigo

Mixed Actions In The Work Of harry Frankfurt / Teresa Enríquez

Practical Knowledge And Perception / Evgenia Mylonaki; Name 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:

3-487-42168-2