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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... judge that something is rational . We explain the term by saying what state of mind it expresses . In this sense the analysis is expressivistic , and in too big a mouthful , I shall call it the norm- expressivistic analysis.6 The ...
... judge analyses as good or bad . Norms infuse facts , and I talk about whether nevertheless the two can be distinguished . Again , the discussion here is preliminary ; more of a theory of meaning comes in Chapter 6 . Normative Psychology ...
... judge , for Cleopatra to be angry at the messenger , in that her anger is ill founded . It would be rational for the courtier to be angry , in that his anger is well founded or warranted , because Cleo- patra has acted outrageously and ...
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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 |