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Artless Integrity
Susan E. Babbitt
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Description for Artless Integrity
Hardback. This volume considers the nature and exercise of moral imagination in situations in which our ability to act and choose meaningfully is limited by unarticulated expectations. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book considers the nature and exercise of moral imagination in situations in which our ability to act and choose meaningfully is limited by unarticulated expectations. Moral imagination is a cognitive attitude, in which we regard propositions as true. But it also involves orientation. In moral imagination, we regard propositions as true in order to make something else true, and we act and interpret as if it were true. The demand for explanatory unity in such situations - what I call 'explanatory burden' - involves self-constitution, with seeing oneself as a certain sort of person and developing relevant expectations. Whereas ... Read more
This book considers the nature and exercise of moral imagination in situations in which our ability to act and choose meaningfully is limited by unarticulated expectations. Moral imagination is a cognitive attitude, in which we regard propositions as true. But it also involves orientation. In moral imagination, we regard propositions as true in order to make something else true, and we act and interpret as if it were true. The demand for explanatory unity in such situations - what I call 'explanatory burden' - involves self-constitution, with seeing oneself as a certain sort of person and developing relevant expectations. Whereas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
Number of Pages
301
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742512122
SKU
V9780742512122
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About Susan E. Babbitt
Susan Babbitt teaches at Queens University, Canada and works with an interdisciplinary group at the University of Havana, on women and human development.
Reviews for Artless Integrity
Artless Integrity crosses the boundaries of literature and philosophy, hence is an important contribution to many disciplines, from philosophy to social science. This book would be useful to researchers, teachers, practicing professionals within social sciences and humanities. It would be of particular interest to anyone who believes in practical reasoning, living well, and as best we can amidst the contingent ... Read more