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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... fresh people; they put up with my neglect and philosophical preoccupation. Mary has been my greatest support, Stephen my most avid interlocutor, and George my sternest critic. Contents I · ANALYSES 1. The Puzzle 2. Nature and.
... philosophical problem - solving . The problem was perplexing enough : what the term " rational " means . We can ask ... philosophers for the first two - thirds of this century . Might some of their techniques work , then , for ra ...
... philosophical inquiries . ( My special thanks go also to Jerome Shaffer , who ignited my love of philosophy . ) Coming to Michigan allowed me to profit from ongoing philosophical conver- sations with Brandt . I have always hoped to ...
... up with my neglect and philosophical preoccupation . Mary has been my greatest support , Stephen my most avid interlocutor , and George my sternest critic . Contents I ANALYSES 1. The Puzzle 3 2. Nature and x • Preface.
... philosophers , rationality is somehow a matter of full awareness of the facts . Brandt elaborates a view of this kind . He announces that he will " pre - empt the term rational to refer to actions , desires , or moral systems which ...
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 |