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Regard for reason in the moral mind /

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The burgeoning science of ethics has fostered pessimism about moral thought and action: we're told that they are driven by arbitrary factors and unreasoned feelings. Joshua May argues compellingly that this pessimism is not justified: moral judgment and motivation are fundamentally rational ent...

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Main Author: May, Joshua (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Judgment (Ethics)
Jugement (Morale)
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
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Summary:The burgeoning science of ethics has fostered pessimism about moral thought and action: we're told that they are driven by arbitrary factors and unreasoned feelings. Joshua May argues compellingly that this pessimism is not justified: moral judgment and motivation are fundamentally rational enterprises not beholden to the passions.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192539601
0192539604
9780191848452
019184845X