If we want to be autonomous, what do we want? The author shows that contemporary value-neutral and metaphysically economical conceptions of autonomy, such as that of Harry Frankfurt, face a serious problem. Drawing on Plato, Augustine, and Kant, this book provides a sketch of how 'ancient' and 'modern' can be reconciled to solve it. But at what expense? It turns out that the dominant modern ideal of autonomy cannot do without a costly metaphysics if it is to be coherent.
| ISBN: | 9781403939388 |
| Publication date: | 12th July 2004 |
| Author: | Mark Coeckelbergh |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Ethics and moral philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology |