Reasons from within: desires and values

Introduction: The debate -- Deliberation -- Internalism versus externalism -- Advantages of internalism: a modified humeanism -- Reasons and rationality -- Reasons defined -- Rationality: the information requirement -- Rationality: the coherence requirement -- Emotions, desires, and reasons -- Emot...

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Main Author: Goldman, Alan H. 1945- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press c 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:Alan H. Goldman, Reasons from Within Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-957690-6 (2011) (Macdonald, Ezra)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Act (Philosophy) / Motivation / Reason / Coherence / Value ethics
Further subjects:B Desire
B Plot
B Values
B Moral realism
B Practical philosophy
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Summary:Introduction: The debate -- Deliberation -- Internalism versus externalism -- Advantages of internalism: a modified humeanism -- Reasons and rationality -- Reasons defined -- Rationality: the information requirement -- Rationality: the coherence requirement -- Emotions, desires, and reasons -- Emotions and desires -- Desires, depression, and rationality -- Desires and reasons -- The externalist's examples -- Learning reasons for desires -- Prudence -- Moral motivation -- A different approach and a last ditch reply -- The case against objective value -- Objective value and motivation -- The impartial and impersonal perspectives -- Pleasures and pains -- Good and meaningful lives -- Conclusion
Item Description:Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199576904