Unprincipled virtue : an inquiry into moral agency /

Conventional thinking about the mind, dating back to Aristotle, envisions the emotions as being directed and determined by rational thought. The author argues that the conventional picture of rationality is fundamentally false and has little to do with how real human beings actually behave.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arpaly, Nomy
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Conventional thinking about the mind, dating back to Aristotle, envisions the emotions as being directed and determined by rational thought. The author argues that the conventional picture of rationality is fundamentally false and has little to do with how real human beings actually behave.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 203 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
ISBN:0195152042
9780195152043
9780199785780
0199785783