Ruling Passions - A Theory of Practical Reasoning (Paperback, New Ed)

Simon Blackburn puts forward a compelling original philosophy of human motivation and morality. He maintains that we cannot get clear about ethics until we get clear about human nature. So these are the sorts of questions he addresses: Why do we behave as we do? Can we improve? Is our ethics at war with our passions, or is it an upshot of those passions? Blackburn seeks the answers in an exploration of guilt, shame, disgust, and other moral emotions; he draws also on game theory and cognitive science in his account of the structures of human motivation. Ruling Passions sets ethics in the context of human nature: it offers a solution to the puzzle of how ethics can maintain its authority even though it is rooted in the very emotions and motivations that it exists to control.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	2001
Authors:	Simon Blackburn (Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	334
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-924139-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Intelligence Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	0-19-924139-2
Barcode:	9780199241392

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