In Praise of Desire

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-087174-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Joining the ancient debate over the roles of reason and appetite in the moral mind, In Praise of Desire takes the side of appetite. The book makes the claim that acting for moral reasons, acting in a praiseworthy manner, and acting out of virtue amount to nothing more than acting out of intrinsic desires for the right or the good, correctly conceived. In Praise of Desire shows that a desire-centered moral psychology can be richer than philosophers commonly think, accommodating the full complexity of moral life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arpaly, Nomy

Schroeder, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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

Über Autor(innen)

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.