A theory of prudence /
A Theory of Prudence provides a comprehensive account of prudence, including the metaethics of prudential value, the nature of the personal good, the reasons of prudence, and the structure of prudential normativity over time.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A Theory of Prudence provides a comprehensive account of prudence, including the metaethics of prudential value, the nature of the personal good, the reasons of prudence, and the structure of prudential normativity over time. "Much of knowing what to do is knowing what to do for ourselves. But knowing how to act in our best interest is complex‐‐‐we must know what benefits us, what burdens us, and how these facts present and constitute considerations in favor of action. Not only this, we must know how we should weigh our interests at different times‐‐‐past, present, and future. What is needed, then, is a theory of prudence: a theory of how we ought to act when we are acting for ourselves. In this book, Dale Dorsey provides a comprehensive account of prudence, including the metaethics of prudential value, the nature of the personal good, the reasons of prudence, and the structure of prudential normativity over time"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191862533 0191862533 9780192556981 0192556983 9780192556998 0192556991 |