Christine M. Korsgaard (Harvard University)

Broschiertes Buch

The Constitution of Agency

Essays on Practical Reason and Moral Psychology

Beschreibung

Christine M. Korsgaard is one of today's 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.

Autor

Christine M. Korsgaard earned her B.A. at the University of Illinois in 1974, her Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she studied with John Rawls, in 1981, and an LHD at the University of Illinois in 2004. She is currently Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. She works on moral philosophy and its history, practical reason, agency, personal identity, and the relations between human beings and the other animals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780199552740
• ISBN-10: 0199552746
• Artikelnr.: 25834462