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Normativity and agency : themes from the philosophy of Christine M. Korsgaard /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schapiro, Tamar (Editor), Ebels-Duggan, Kyla (Editor), Street, Sharon, 1973- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Normativity (Ethics)
Ethics.
Philosophy.
Philosophy, American > 20th century.
Norme (Morale)
Morale.
Philosophie.
Philosophie américaine > 20e siècle.
ethics (philosophy)
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY.
Modern.
History & Surveys.
Political.
Utilitarianism.
Movements.
Ethics
Philosophy
Philosophy, American
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Normativity and Agency: Themes from the Philosophy of Christine M. Korsgaard
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Editors' Preface
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • 1: The Horizons of Humanity
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 2: Finite Valuers and the Problem of Vulnerability to Unmitigated Loss
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Generic Constructivist Strategy
  • 3. Four Clarifications of the Task of "Step 2"
  • 4. First Stab: Valuing and Vulnerability
  • 5. First Refinement: The Possibility of Invulnerable Valuers
  • 6. Second Refinement: The Problem Isn't "Vulnerability to Loss" as Such
  • 7. Third Refinement: Mellow and Low-AimingValuers
  • 8. Fourth Refinement: The Problem Isn't Suffering
  • 9. Fifth Refinement: Secondary Aspects of the Problem
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 3: A Question of One's Own: Concepts, Conceptions, and Moral Skepticisms
  • 1. Addressing the Moral Skeptic
  • 2. Interpreting the Normative Question
  • 3. The Ambitious Constructivist Answer
  • 4. In Search of an Ambitious Constructivist
  • 5. Prospects for a Modest Constructivism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 4: The Two Normativities
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 5: Self-Consciousness and Self-Division in Moral Psychology
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 6: What Makes Weak-WilledAction Weak?
  • 1. The Question
  • 2. Rational Pressure
  • 3. Having an Inclination
  • 4. Incorporation
  • 5. Giving In
  • 6. Another Kind of Weakness: Going Along
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 7: Integrity, Truth, and Value
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. Integrity, Honesty, and Concern for Truth
  • 3. The Thoughtfulness Condition on Integrity
  • 4. Integrity, Thoughtfulness, and Concern for Value (as Well as for Truth)
  • 5. Is There a Stronger Connection between Integrity and Value?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 8: Shadows of the Self: Reflections on the Authority of Advance Directives
  • 1. Identity and the Broken Self
  • 2. The Authority of Advance Directives
  • 3. Rethinking Advance Directives
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 9: Korsgaard on Responsibility
  • 1. Introduction: Holding Responsible and Being Responsible
  • 2. Conditions of Responsibility
  • 3. Relationships, Reasons, and Responsibility
  • 4. Korsgaard on the Theoretical Conception of Responsibility
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 10: Animal Value and Right
  • 1. Two Senses of "Good" and "Good-For"
  • 2. Moral Obligation: Directed and "Pure and Simple"
  • 3. Value and Good
  • 4. Value, Obligation, and Right
  • 5. Animal Right
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 11: Juridical Personality and the Role of Juridical Obligation
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 12: The Social Conditions for Autonomy: Kant on Politics and Religion
  • 1. Korsgaard's Liberalism
  • 2. Kant's Argument for an Ethical Community
  • 3. Sectarianism as an Ethical State of Nature
  • 4. Political Society and the Ethical Community
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index