The Metaphysics of Autonomy

M. Coeckelbergh

ISBN 10: 1349519898 / ISBN 13: 9781349519897

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK Jul 2004, 2004

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Neuware -If we want to be autonomous, what do we want The author shows that contemporary value-neutral and metaphysically economical conceptions of autonomy, such as that of Harry Frankfurt, face a serious problem. Drawing on Plato, Augustine, and Kant, this book provides a sketch of how 'ancient' and 'modern' can be reconciled to solve it. But at what expense It turns out that the dominant modern ideal of autonomy cannot do without a costly metaphysics if it is to be coherent.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 236 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: The Metaphysics of Autonomy
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK Jul 2004
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1349519898
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781349519897
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 140 H x 13 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 140 millimètres de hauteur par 13 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 303 grammes

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If we want to be autonomous, what do we want? The author shows that contemporary value-neutral and metaphysically economical conceptions of autonomy, such as that of Harry Frankfurt, face a serious problem. Drawing on Plato, Augustine, and Kant, this book provides a sketch of how 'ancient' and 'modern' can be reconciled to solve it. But at what expense? It turns out that the dominant modern ideal of autonomy cannot do without a costly metaphysics if it is to be coherent.

À propos de l?auteur

MARK COECKELBERGH received a PhD from the University of Birmingham. Presently he is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Maastricht. His main research interest is ethics. His publications include Liberation and Passion (2002).