Ethical formation / Sabina Lovibond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovibond, Sabina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Moral development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lovibond suggests how the "practical reason view of ethics" can survive challenges from within philosophy and from the antirationalist postmodern critique of reason. At the heart of her argument is the Aristotelian idea of the formation of character through upbringing; this idea can be made contemporary if one understands it in a naturalized way.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I. Form

Chapter One. The Practical Reason View of Ethics

Chapter Two. Practical Wisdom Scrutinized

Chapter Three. Form, Formlessness, and Rule-Following

Part II. Teleology

Chapter Four. Why Be "Serious"? The Natural Basis of Our Interest in a "Rational Self"

Chapter Five. On Being the Author of a Moral Judgement

Chapter Six. The "Intelligible Ground of the Heart"

Part III. Counter-Teleology

Chapter Seven. The Determinate Critique of Ethical Formation

Chapter Eight. The Violence of Reason?

Chapter Nine. Reason and Unreason: A Problematic Distinction

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674040342

0674040341

OCLC:

449946497