Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning

Name: Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning
Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
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hardcover – January 14, 1999

by Blackburn, Simon

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ISBN-13: 9780198247852 ISBN-10: 0198247850

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Oxford University Press, USA

Binding

hardcover

Published

January 14, 1999

Weight

1.5 lbs

Dimensions

16.30×2.40×24.10 cm

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Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning by Blackburn, Simon. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780198247852.

Why do we behave as we do? Can we improve? Is our ethics at war with our passions, or is it an upshot of those passions? Distinguished philosopher Simon Blackburn seeks the answers to such questions in this brilliant exploration of the nature of moral emotions and the structures of human motivation. Ruling Passions reveals how ethics can maintain its authority even though it is rooted in the very emotions and motivations that it exists to control.