The Possibility of Practical Reason
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Author(s)J. David Velleman
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN / ASIN0198238266
ISBN-139780198238263
Sales Rank3,654,071
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Possibility of Practical Reason explores the foundational questions of moral psychology: How can any of our behavior qualify as acting for a reason? How can any considerations qualify as reasons for us to act? David Velleman argues that both possibilities depend on there being a constitutive aim of action--something that makes for success in action as such. These eleven essays discuss such topics as the relation between value and practical reasoning, the foundations of decision theory, freedom of the will, shared intention, and the motivational role of the imagination.
