Calling it “desirism”, Marks illustrates what life and the world would be like if we lived in accordance with our rational desires rather than the dictates of any actual or pretend morality, neither overlaying our desires with moral sanction nor attempting to override them with moral strictures.
Joel Marks is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of New Haven and a Bioethics Center Scholar at Yale University, USA. Marks has edited two books on philosophical psychology and authored many articles and books on ethics, most recently Ethics without Morals.
Preface.- Dedication and Acknowledgments.- 1. Introduction. Starting Off on the Wrong Foot: The Fundamental Error in Ethical Theory.- 2. Chapter 1. The Story Thus Far.- 3. Chapter 2. None of the Above: What Desirism Isn’t (and Is).- 4. Chapter 3. Desire and Reason.- 5. Chapter 4. It’s Just a Feeling.- Bibliography.- Index.