As Socrates famously noted, there is no more important question than how we ought to live. The answer to this question depends on how the reasons that we have for living in various different ways combine and compete. To illustrate, suppose that I've just received a substantial raise. What should I do with the extra money? I have most moral reason to donate it to effective charities but most self-interested reason to spend it on luxuries for myself. So, whether I should live my life as I have most moral reason to live it or as I have most self-interested reason to live it depends on how these and other sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine what I have most reason to do, all things considered. This Element seeks to figure out how different sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine how we ought to live.
| ISBN: | 9781108706384 |
| Publication date: | 4th March 2021 |
| Author: | Douglas W Arizona State University Portmore |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Elements in Ethics |
| Genres: |
Philosophy Ethics and moral philosophy Social and political philosophy |
As Socrates famously noted, there is no more important question than how we ought to live. The answer to this question depends on how the reasons that we have for living in various different ways combine and compete. To illustrate, suppose that I've just received a substantial raise. What should I do with the extra money? I have most moral reason to donate it to effective charities but most self-interested reason to spend it on luxuries for myself. So, whether I should live my life as I have most moral reason to live it or as I have most self-interested reason to live it depends on how these and other sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine what I have most reason to do, all things considered. This Element seeks to figure out how different sorts of reasons combine and compete to determine how we ought to live.
Morality and Practical Reasons features in the following genres: Philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy
Morality and Practical Reasons is available in Paperback
Morality and Practical Reasons was written by Douglas W Arizona State University Portmore and published by Cambridge University Press
Morality and Practical Reasons has 75 pages
Yes it is part of Elements in Ethics series
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