In this original study, Jonathan Jacobs provides a new account
of ethical realism that combines both abstract meta-ethical issues
defining the debate on realism and concrete topics in moral
psychology. Jacobs argues that practical reasoners can both
understand the ethical significance of facts and be motivated to
act by that understanding. In that sense, objective considerations
are prescriptive. In his discussion of the theory of practical
realism, he extends themes and claims originating in Aristotelian
ethics while engaging with the most important contemporary
literature.
Arguing that desire and reason can agree on what is good, Jacobs
explains how good action is naturally pleasing to the agent. In
acting well, the agent affirms certain values and enjoys doing so.
Jacobs grounds his explanation of ethical value in detailed
explorations of the moral psychology of self-love, friendship, and
respect. Students and scholars of philosophy will be intrigued by
this integrated account of meta-ethics, practical reason, and moral
psychology.
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