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Reasons and the Good

By Roger Crisp

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2006
ISBN
0199290334, 9780199290338
Open Library ID
OL22737354M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2200641 bytes)
Pages
192\189
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

In Reasons and the Good Roger Crisp answers some of the oldest questions in moral philosophy. Fundamental to ethics, he claims, is the idea of ultimate reasons for action; and he argues controversially that these reasons don't depend on moral concepts. He investigates the nature of reasons themselves, and how we come to know them. He defends a hedonistic theory of well-being and an account of practical reason according to which we can give some, though not overriding, priority to our own good over that of others.

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