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The Retrieval of Ethics (Hardcover, New)
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The Retrieval of Ethics (Hardcover, New)
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Talbot Brewer presents an invigorating new approach to ethical
theory, in the context of human selfhood and agency. The first main
theme of the book is that contemporary ethical theorists have
focused too narrowly on actions and the discrete episodes of
deliberation through which we choose them, and that the subject
matter of the field looks quite different if one looks instead at
unfolding activities and the continuous forms of evaluative
awareness that carry them forward and that constitute an essential
element of those activities. The second is that ethical reflection
is itself a centrally important life activity, and that
philosophical ethics is an extension of this practical activity
rather than a merely theoretical reflection upon it.
Brewer's approach is founded on a far-reaching reconsideration of
the notions of the nature and sources of human agency, and
particularly of the way in which practical thinking gives shape to
activities, relationships and lives. He contests the usual
understanding of the relationship between philosophical psychology
and ethics. The Retrieval of Ethics shows the need for a new
contemplative vision of the point or value of human action --
without which we will remain unable to make optimal sense of our
efforts to unify our lives around a tenable conception of how best
to live them, or of the yearnings that draw us to our ideals and to
each other.
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