The Science of Mind (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bascom, John F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330059336 ISBN 13 : 9781330059333

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

What makes an action right? A clear guide to the moral ideas that shape our choices. This thoughtful volume surveys major lines of thought in ethics and the philosophy of mind, explaining how different theories justify duties, obligations, and the idea of the good. It uses accessible language to compare the intuitive and practical grounds of right with the more empirical, utility-based approaches that have shaped modern ethics.

This edition lays out key distinctions between realism, materialism, idealism, and pragmatism, and shows how language, feeling, and social habit interact to form our sense of duty. Through careful argument and concrete examples, you’ll see why questions about obligation cannot be reduced to desire or utility alone, and how conscience arises as a guiding force in moral life.

- Clear explanations of right, duty, and obligation
- Comparisons of utilitarian and intuitive approaches to ethics
- Discussion of how conscience and social norms shape moral action
- Illustrative examples that illuminate ethical reasoning in daily life

Ideal for readers of philosophy, ethics, and the science of how the mind forms judgments about right and wrong. Those exploring the foundations of moral thought will find the discussion illuminating and accessible.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Science of Mind

It has been a reproach to philosophy, generally and persistently put forward, that it makes no progress, that it lacks established elements, that it is a field of extravagant and contradictory theories. We do not accept these assertions in the unqualified way in which they are thrown out. So made, they are the result of ignorance and ungrounded contempt on the part of those who so easily utter them. So far, however, as these statements are true, they are a common reproach and misfortune, to be removed only by more patient, more protracted, more guarded inquiry. To scorn and reject philosophy as presented under its own, its meta-physical form, subject to its own conditions, is simply to deepen the difficulty, and postpone indefinitely as an answer to the most fundamental and central inquiries. If more than the usual number of mistakes have been made in this department, it is because more than the usual obstacles lie in the path of progress. These are not to be removed by discouragement, or by opening ways in other directions. All success to the students of physical science; but each of its field may have its triumphs, and the secrets of mind remain as unapproachable as hitherto.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It has been a reproach to philosophy, generally and persistently put forward, that it makes no progress, that it lacks established elements, that it is a field of extravagant and contradictory theories. We do not accept these assertions in the unqualified way in which they are thrown out. So made, they are the result of ignorance and ungrounded contempt on the part of those who so easily utter them. So far, however, as these statements are true, they are a common reproach and misfortune, to be removed only by more patient, more protracted, more guarded inquiry. To scorn and reject philosophy as presented under its own, its metaphysical form, subject to its own conditions, is simply to deepen the difficulty, and postpone indefinitely an answer to the most fundamental and central inquiries. If more than the usual number of mistakes have been made in this department, it is because more than the usual obstacles lie in the path of progress. These are not to be removed by discouragement, or by opening ways in other directions. All success to the students of physical science: but each of its fields may have its triumphs, and the secrets of mind remain as unapproachable as hitherto.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330059336
• ISBN 13: 9781330059333
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 488
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