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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A Theory of Normative Judgment Allan Gibbard. person neurotically wants to keep his hands as germ - free as possible ... keeping his hands perfectly germ - free will not promote health , that incessant washing may indeed threaten his ...
... keeping his mind off the joys and sorrows of others , but he thinks that if he fully realized what suffering he could alleviate and what joy he could spread by a life of self - sacrifice in the service of others , he would sadly forsake ...
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 |