Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative JudgmentThis book examines some of the deepest questions in philosophy: What is involved in judging a belief, action, or feeling to be rational? What place does morality have in the kind of life it makes most sense to lead? How are we to understand claims to objectivity in moral judgments and in judgments of rationality? When we find ourselves in fundamental disagreement with whole communities, how can we understand our disagreement and cope with it? |
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... norms that permit it . " This is only a first sketch , and it raises many questions . What is it to accept norms ? Acceptance is a state of mind , and a good way to identify this state of mind might be to exhibit its place in a rough ...
... accept norms , engage in normative discussion , and to act , believe , and feel in ways that are somewhat guided by the norms one has accepted . I shall be exploring the shape of broad emotional propensities concerning such things as ...
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Contents
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Normative Psychology | 55 |
Normative Logic | 83 |
Natural Representation | 105 |
Moral Emotions | 126 |
First Steps | 153 |
Normative Authority | 171 |
MORAL INQUIRY | 250 |
References | 329 |
Index | 339 |