Morality and metaphysics /
In this book, Charles Larmore develops an account of morality, freedom and reason that rejects the naturalistic metaphysics shaping much of modern thought. Reason, Larmore argues, is responsiveness to reasons, and reasons themselves are essentially normative in character, consisting in the way that...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
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| Summary: | In this book, Charles Larmore develops an account of morality, freedom and reason that rejects the naturalistic metaphysics shaping much of modern thought. Reason, Larmore argues, is responsiveness to reasons, and reasons themselves are essentially normative in character, consisting in the way that physical and psychological facts, facts about the world of nature, count in favor of possibilities of thought and action that we can take up. Moral judgments are true or false in virtue of the moral reasons there are. We need therefore a more comprehensive metaphysics that recognizes a normative dimension to reality as well. Though taking its point of departure in the analysis of moral judgment, this book branches widely into related topics such as freedom and the causal order of the world, textual interpretation, the nature of the self, self-knowledge and the concept of duties to ourselves. |
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| Item Description: | "All previously published essays in this volume have been substantially revised and expanded. They have also been modified so as to form a coherent book"--Page vi. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 238 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108472340 1108472346 9781108459273 1108459277 |