Normativity and the will : selected papers on moral psychology and practical reason / R. Jay Wallace.

Author/creator Wallace, R. Jay
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description347 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Normativity (Ethics)
Will.
Practical reason.

Contents How to argue about practical reason -- Three conceptions of rational agency -- Explanation, deliberation, and reasons -- Normativity and the will -- Normativity, commitment, and instrumental reason -- Reason and responsibility -- Moral responsibility and the practical point of view -- Addiction as defect of the will : some philosophical reflections -- Caring, reflexivity, and the structure of volition -- Ressentiment, value, and self-vindication : making sense of Nietzsche's slave revolt -- Virtue, reason, and principle -- Scanlon's contractualism -- The rightness of acts and the goodness of lives -- Moral reasons and moral fetishes : rationalists and anti-rationalists on moral motivation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005033114
ISBN019928749X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0199287481 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780199287499
ISBN9780199287482

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Joyner General Stacks BJ1458.3 .W35 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold