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Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity
Christine M. Korsgaard
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Description for Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity
Paperback. Christine M. Korsgaard presents an account of the foundation of practical reason and moral obligation, based on a new theory of action and interaction. She proposes that the function of an action is to constitute the agency and therefore the identity of the person who does it, and that only morally good action can serve this function. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Christine M. Korsgaard presents an account of the foundation of practical reason and moral obligation. Moral philosophy aspires to understand the fact that human actions, unlike the actions of the other animals, can be morally good or bad, right or wrong. Few moral philosophers, however, have exploited the idea that actions might be morally good or bad in virtue of being good or bad of their kind - good or bad as actions. Just as we need to know that it is the function of the heart to pump blood to know that a good heart is one that pumps ... Read more
Christine M. Korsgaard presents an account of the foundation of practical reason and moral obligation. Moral philosophy aspires to understand the fact that human actions, unlike the actions of the other animals, can be morally good or bad, right or wrong. Few moral philosophers, however, have exploited the idea that actions might be morally good or bad in virtue of being good or bad of their kind - good or bad as actions. Just as we need to know that it is the function of the heart to pump blood to know that a good heart is one that pumps ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199552801
SKU
V9780199552801
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About Christine M. Korsgaard
Christine M. Korsgaard earned her B.A. at the University of Illinois in 1974, her Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she studied with John Rawls, in 1981, and an LHD at the University of Illinois in 2004. She is currently Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. She works on moral philosophy and its history, practical reason, agency, personal ... Read more
Reviews for Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity
a truly remarkable achievement, readable, learned, humane, and passionate. It is also beautifully written. Above all, it is exciting.
Timothy Chappell, Philosophy
Timothy Chappell, Philosophy