Morality and Agency

Häftad, Engelska, 1988

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The authors argue that an understanding of human agency based on Spinoza's views can resolve the apparent conflict between the demands of happiness and the dictates of morality without damaging the unique values associated with the moral form of life espoused by Kant. Because Spinoza's views previously have been isolated from the main stream of moral philosophy in which Kant is the central figure, the insights presented in this text constitute a corrective for philosophical reflection on morality and ethics. Contents: include: Two Kinds of Value; Kant's Shadow Model of Moral Causality; Reflexive Decision-Making; Groundwork for a Transition to Spinoza; Spinoza's Account of Human Agency; Agency in Kant; Explaining Away the Evidence for Morality as a Form of Life; and The Unique Viability of the Moral Form of Life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1988-06-10
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor186
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780819169815

This stimulating and suggestive book focuses on two powerful conceptions of morality...The authors labor mightily, using a variety of devices, to render the Kantian conception intelligible but conclude finally that it cannot be done. They present a subtle version of the Spinozistic view as not only satisfactory in itself but as able to account, point by point, for the features that make Kantianism seem attractive. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy This stimulating and suggestive book focuses on two powerful conceptions of morality...The authors labor mightily, using a variety of devices, to render the Kantian conception intelligible but conclude finally that it cannot be done. They present a subtle version of the Spinozistic view as not only satisfactory in itself but as able to account, point by point, for the features that make Kantianism seem attractive. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy