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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... suggests a scheme for getting at the meaning of the term. Instead of trying to define a property “rationality” by giving conditions under which a thing would have that property 4 or lack it, start with the use of the.
... suggests a scheme for getting at the meaning of the term . Instead of trying to define a property " rationality " by giving conditions under which a thing would have that property or lack it , start with the use of the term . Fix on the ...
... suggests not rationality , but some- thing more like " advisability " . Whereas rationality is a matter of mak- ing use of the information one has , advice can draw on information the advisee lacks . Suppose , for instance , I am lost ...
... suggest , lies in coordination broadly conceived . The need for complex coordination stands behind much of the way language works in our thoughts , in our feelings , and in social life . It figures centrally in our emotional ...
... suggesting is broad propensities to 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 ...
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 |