Appearances of the Good

Sergio Tenenbaum is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has contributed to Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Nous, Philosophical Quarterly, and Oxford Studies in Metaethics, and is editor of New Perspectives in Moral Psychology.

• 1. The basic framework: desires as appearances; 2. The basic framework: from desire to value and action; 3. The subjective nature of practical reason; 4. The objective nature of practical reason; 5. Deontological goods; 6. Motivation without evaluation? Unintelligible ends, animal behaviour, and diabolical wills; 7. Evaluation and motivation part company? The problem of Akrasia; 8. Evaluation and motivation part company? The problem of Accidie.

'A must-read for those with a serious interest either in the nature of desire or the nature of practical reasoning." -Mark Schroeder, Social Theory & Practice