Morality and Practical Reasons

Informationen zum Autor 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). Zusammenfassung 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. This Element seeks to figure out how different sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine how we ought to live. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Morality and How We Ought to Live; 2. The Nature of Moral Reasons; 3. Are Moral Reasons Unqualified (Normative) Reasons?; 4. The Normative Significance of Moral Reasons and the Moral Significance of Non-Moral Reasons; 5. The Normative Significance of Moral Requirements; 6. Conclusion.

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• Autori: Douglas W Portmore, Douglas W. Portmore, Douglas W. (Arizona State University) Portmore, Portmore Douglas W.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108706384
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70638-4
• Pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements in Ethics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, morality; rationality; reasons; normativity; self-interest