Morality and Practical Reasons - Couverture souple

Portmore, Douglas W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 110870638X ISBN 13 : 9781108706384

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

As Socrates famously noted, there is no more important question than how we ought to live. The answer to this question depends on how the reasons that we have for living in various different ways combine and compete. To illustrate, suppose that I've just received a substantial raise. What should I do with the extra money? I have most moral reason to donate it to effective charities but most self-interested reason to spend it on luxuries for myself. So, whether I should live my life as I have most moral reason to live it or as I have most self-interested reason to live it depends on how these and other sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine what I have most reason to do, all things considered. This Element seeks to figure out how different sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine how we ought to live.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Douglas W. Portmore is a Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. His research focuses mainly on morality, rationality, and the interconnections between the two. He is the author of both Commonsense Consequentialism (Oxford University Press, 2011) and Opting for the Best (Oxford University Press, 2019).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 110870638X
• ISBN 13: 9781108706384
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 76
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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