Nomy Arpaly, Timothy Schroeder

In Praise of Desire

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Produktbeschreibung

Joining the debate over the roles of reason and appetite in the moral mind, In Praise of Desire takes the side of appetite. Acting for moral reasons, acting in a praiseworthy manner, and acting out of virtue are simply acting out of intrinsic desires for the right or the good.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780190871741
• ISBN-10: 0190871741
• Artikelnr.: 50850405

Autorenporträt

Nomy Arpaly received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. She is the author of Unprincipled Virtue (OUP 2002) as well as Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage (2006) and various articles. Timothy Schroeder grew up on the Canadian prairies, an environment that afforded him plenty of time for philosophical speculation. He received his B.A. from the University of Lethbridge and his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section I: Reason
Chapter 1: Deliberation
Chapter 2: How Deliberation Works
Chapter 3: Thinking and Acting for Reasons
Section II: Desire
Chapter 4: Love and Care
Chapter 5: What Desires Are Not
Chapter 6: What Desires Are
Section III: Virtue
Chapter 7: Credit and Blame
Chapter 8: Virtue
Chapter 9: Virtue and Cognition
Section IV: Puzzles
Chapter 10: Inner Struggle
Chapter 11: Addiction
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index