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.
Subjects:	Ethics. Psychology and philosophy. Ethics Morale. Psychologie et philosophie. ethics (philosophy) Ethics & Moral Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY. Psychology and philosophy Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The complexity of moral psychology
On acting rationally against one's best judgment
Moral worth
Varieties of autonomy
Blame, autonomy, and problem cases.