TY - BOOK
T1 - Reasons for action
AU - Sobel, David
AU - Wall, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2009.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - What are our reasons for acting? Morality purports to give us these reasons, and so do norms of prudence and the laws of society. The theory of practical reason assesses the authority of these potentially competing claims, and for this reason philosophers with a wide range of interests have converged on the topic of reasons for action. This volume contains eleven new essays on practical reason by leading and emerging philosophers. Topics include the differences between practical and theoretical rationality, practical conditionals and the wide-scope ought, the explanation of action, the sources of reasons, and the relationship between morality and reasons for action. The volume will be essential reading for all philosophers interested in ethics and practical reason.
AB - What are our reasons for acting? Morality purports to give us these reasons, and so do norms of prudence and the laws of society. The theory of practical reason assesses the authority of these potentially competing claims, and for this reason philosophers with a wide range of interests have converged on the topic of reasons for action. This volume contains eleven new essays on practical reason by leading and emerging philosophers. Topics include the differences between practical and theoretical rationality, practical conditionals and the wide-scope ought, the explanation of action, the sources of reasons, and the relationship between morality and reasons for action. The volume will be essential reading for all philosophers interested in ethics and practical reason.
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U2 - 10.1017/CBO9780511720185
DO - 10.1017/CBO9780511720185
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84927012471
SN - 9780521877466
BT - Reasons for action
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -