Reasons last : agency, morality, and the reasoning view /
The idea of a reason for acting is ubiquitous in philosophy, social science, the law, & in our everyday lives. Just about everyone understands the idea of a reason for acting, at least on an intuitive level. When someone does something on purpose, we often want to know why they did it: what thei...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The idea of a reason for acting is ubiquitous in philosophy, social science, the law, & in our everyday lives. Just about everyone understands the idea of a reason for acting, at least on an intuitive level. When someone does something on purpose, we often want to know why they did it: what their reason for acting was, or, perhaps equivalently, their goal, intention, purpose, or motive for acting. We also ask whether their reason was a good one. Reasons, thus, play both justificatory & explanatory roles. Whether someone acted for a good reason may be a matter of significant consequence, as when our reasons for acting bear on our moral character or our legal liability. Against contemporary orthodoxy, this book argues that there is a deep unity between these explanatory & justificatory reasons, typically called motivating & normative reasons. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197633878 0197633870 |