Description
| Product ID: | 9780195179767 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Unprincipled Virtue |
| Subtitle: | An Inquiry Into Moral Agency |
| Authors: | Author: Nomy Arpaly |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy |
| Description: | Both observation and psychology indicate that people act rationally without deliberation, and act irrationally with deliberation. By questioning the notion that our own minds are comprehensible to us, and therefore questioning the work of action theorists and ethicists, this work aims to develop a realistic conception of moral agency. Nomy Arpaly rejects the model of rationality used by most ethicists and action theorists. Both observation and psychology indicate that people act rationally without deliberation, and act irrationally with deliberation. By questioning the notion that our own minds are comprehensible to us--and therefore questioning much of the current work of action theorists and ethicists--Arpaly attempts to develop a more realistic conception of moral agency. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-11-08 |
