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Nature, Reason, and the Good Life - Ethics for Human Beings (Paperback)
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Nature, Reason, and the Good Life - Ethics for Human Beings (Paperback)
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At the centre of our ethical thought stands the human being. Facts
about human nature determine the shape of ethical concepts in a
variety of ways, and our pre-rational animal nature forms the basis
of notions to do with rationality, virtue, and happiness, among
other things. Nature, Reason, and the Good Life examines these
themes while also arguing for the critical importance of language:
only by attending to the social and empirical character of actual
language use can we make headway with a number of problems in
ethics. Thus what counts as a good or bad reason for action depends
on the purposes of human enquiry, as embodied in the question
"Why?"--it does not depend, for example, on some abstract and
higher Rationality connected with 'the point of the cosmos'.
Furthermore, considerations in philosophy of language and in
philosophy of mind together show how emotions, desires, and
pleasure--all crucial for ethics--turn out not to be inner states
carrying a sort of subjective authority, above or below criticism
or justification, and this fact helps undermine various forms of
subjectivism and individualism to be found both in philosophy and
in the wider culture. Starting from an examination of foundational
issues, the book covers a range of topics, including animals,
agency, enjoyment, the good life, contemplation, death, and the
importance of philosophy. En route, there are critiques of a number
of prevalent trends of thought, such as utilitarianism,
anti-speciesism, relativism, scientism and even "ism"-ism.
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