Practical Reasoning

Author : Robert Audi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134219210
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision written by Robert Audi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the most comprehensive and lucid account of the topic currently available, Robert Audi's "Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision" is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of reason in ethics or the nature of human action. The first part of the book is a detailed critical overview of the influential theories of practical reasoning found in Aristotle, Hume and Kant, whilst the second part examines practical reasoning in the light of important topics in moral psychology - weakness of will, self-deception, rationalization and others. In the third part, Audi describes the role of moral principles in practical reasoning and clarifies the way practical reasoning underlies ethical decisions. He formulates a comprehensive set of concrete ethical principles, explains how they apply to reasoning about what to do, and shows how practical reasoning guides moral conduct.

Author : Elijah Millgram
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262632201
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Varieties of Practical Reasoning written by Elijah Millgram and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the philosophical subfield of practical reasoning.

Author : Joseph Raz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Reasoning written by Joseph Raz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1978 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elijah Millgram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521839433
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethics Done Right written by Elijah Millgram and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory.

Author : Jonathan Dancy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192528017
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Shape written by Jonathan Dancy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone allows that we can reason to a new belief from beliefs that we already have. Aristotle thought that we could also reason from beliefs to action. Practical Shape: A Theory of Practical Reasoning establishes this possibility of reasoning to action, in a way that allows also for reasoning to intention, hope, fear, and doubt. While many philosophers have found little sense in Aristotle's claim, Dancy offers a general theory of reasoning that is sensitive to current debates but still Aristotelian in spirit. The text clearly sets out the similarities between reasoning to action and reasoning to belief, which are far more striking than any dissimilarities. Its detailed account of practical reasoning, a topic inadequately covered in current literature, is presented in such a way as to be intelligible to a variety of readers, making it an ideal resource for students of philosophy but also of interest to academics in related disciplines.

Author : John Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521899575
Total Pages : 703 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Practical Logic and Automated Reasoning written by John Harrison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-stop reference, self-contained, with theoretical topics presented in conjunction with implementations for which code is supplied.

Author : Ruth Chang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000337065
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason written by Ruth Chang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last several decades, questions about practical reason have come to occupy the center stage in ethics and metaethics. The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is an outstanding reference source to this exciting and distinctive subject area and is the first volume of its kind. Comprising thirty-six chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field and is divided into five parts: Foundational Matters Practical Reason in the History of Philosophy Philosophy of Practical Reason as Action Theory and Moral Psychology Philosophy of Practical Reason as Theory of Practical Normativity The Philosophy of Practical Reason as the Theory of Practical Rationality The Handbook also includes two chapters by the late Derek Parfit, ‘Objectivism about Reasons’ and ‘Normative Non-Naturalism.’ The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is essential reading for philosophy students and researchers in metaethics, philosophy of action, action theory, ethics, and the history of philosophy.

Author : Henry S. Richardson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521574426
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Reasoning about Final Ends written by Henry S. Richardson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-02-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues against philosophical opponents, that we can determine our ends or goals rationally.

Author : Richard B. Miller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226526362
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Casuistry and Modern Ethics written by Richard B. Miller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did the Gulf War defend moral principle or Western oil interests? Is violent pornography an act of free speech or an act of violence against women? In Casuistry and Modern Ethics, Richard B. Miller sheds new light on the potential of casuistry—case-based reasoning—for resolving these and other questions of conscience raised by the practical quandaries of modern life. Rejecting the packaging of moral experience within simple descriptions and inflexible principles, Miller argues instead for identifying and making sense of the ethically salient features of individual cases. Because this practical approach must cope with a diverse array of experiences, Miller draws on a wide variety of diagnostic tools from such fields as philosophy of science, legal reasoning, theology, literary theory, hermeneutics, and moral philosophy. Opening new avenues for practical reasoning, Miller's interdisciplinary work will challenge scholars who are interested in the intersections of ethics and political philosophy, cultural criticism, and debates about method in religion and morality.

Author : Larry S. Temkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190233710
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the Good written by Larry S. Temkin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In choosing between moral alternatives -- choosing between various forms of ethical action -- we typically make calculations of the following kind: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. These inferences use the principle of transitivity and are fundamental to many forms of practical and theoretical theorizing, not just in moral and ethical theory but in economics. Indeed they are so common as to be almost invisible. What Larry Temkin's book shows is that, shockingly, if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions. Temkin shows that we are committed to various moral ideals that are, surprisingly, fundamentally incompatible with the idea that "better than" can be transitive. His book develops many examples where value judgments that we accept and find attractive, are incompatible with transitivity. While this might seem to leave two options -- reject transitivity, or reject some of our normative commitments in order to keep it -- Temkin is neutral on which path to follow, only making the case that a choice is necessary, and that the cost either way will be high. Temkin's book is a very original and deeply unsettling work of skeptical philosophy that mounts an important new challenge to contemporary ethics.