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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... treated his students as partners in philosophy . He listened carefully and responded creatively , perhaps even over- acknowledging our contributions . This was a heady role for students to play . Rawls exposed me to philosophical ...
... treats rationality as a kind of formal coherence . His axioms require more than sheer logical consistency in belief . They require that one's preferences form an ordering . They require as well a " sure thing principle " that goes like ...
... treat the second round : how much at most to pay to have both bullets removed , when they are the only ones in the cylinder . You would pay more , presumably , to have two sole bullets removed than to have one sole bullet removed ...
... treats rationality as a kind of coherence , but this coherence is not just logic narrowly construed , and it is not just straightforwardly choosing what one most wants . We need , then , something as complex as Ramsey's axioms to char ...
... treat thought and talk naturalistically , if we reject meanings as magic , can we still proceed by analysis ? I cannot respond fully , especially at the outset . At this point , though , I should say a little . An analysis must be ...
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 |