Moral Motivation

A History

AvIakovos Vasiliou

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Moral Motivation presents a history of the concept of moral motivation. The book consists of ten chapters by eminent scholars in the history of philosophy, covering Plato, Aristotle, later Peripatetic philosophy, medieval philosophy, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Kant, Fichte and Hegel, and the consequentialist tradition. In addition, four interdisciplinary "Reflections" discuss how the topic of moral motivation arises in epic poetry, Cicero, early opera, and Theodore Dreiser. Most contemporary philosophical discussions of moral motivation focus on whether and how moral beliefs by themselves motivate an agent (at least to some degree) to act. In much of the history of the concept, especially before Hume, the focus is rather on how to motivate people to act morally as well as on what sort of motivation a person must act from (or what end an agents acts for) in order to be a genuinely ethical person or even to have done a genuinely ethical action. The book shows the complexity of the historical treatment of moral motivation and, moreover, how intertwined moral motivation is with central aspects of ethical theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-28
Mått:137 x 208 x 22 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Philosophical Concepts
Antal sidor:322
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780199316571

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Iakovos Vasiliou is currently Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has published a number of articles on Plato and Aristotle, and is the author of Aiming at Virtue in Plato (Cambridge University Press, 2008). He has also taught at Brooklyn College, Georgia State University, and Johns Hopkins University.

Recensioner i media

In sum, this volume includes a number of strong and even groundbreaking contributions. While most readers are likely to focus on the chapters of particular interest to them, the collection as a whole offers a sophisticated and engaging overview of the history of philosophical discussion of moral motivation, and would make an excellent companion to an upper level course on the topic. I recommend the volume to anyone with an interest in the history of the philosophical study of moral motivation.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Iakovos Vasiliou 1. Plato and Moral Motivation Iakovos Vasiliou Reflection: Moral Motivation: Achilles and Homer's Iliad Nancy Worman 2. Aristotle on Moral Motivation Susan Sauvé Meyer 3. A Later (and Non-Standard) Aristotelian Account of Moral Motivation Brad Inwood Reflection: Cicero on Moral Motivation and Seeing (How) To Be Good Joy Connolly 4. Moral Motivation in Medieval Philosophy Jonathan Jacobs 5. Act and Moral Motivation in Spinoza Steven Nadler Reflection: Moral Motivation and Music as Moral Judge Chadwick Jenkins 6. Locke on Pleasure, Law, and Moral Motivation Phillip Mitsis 7. Hume on Moral Motivation Jacqueline Taylor 8. Kant and Moral Motivation: The Value of Free Rational Willing Jennifer Uleman 9. Moral Motivation in Post-Kantian Philosophy: Fichte and Hegel Angelica Nuzzo Reflection: Moral Motivation and the Limits of Moral Agency in Literary Naturalism: Dreiser's Sister Carrie Anne Diebel 10. Consequentialism, Moral Motivation, and the Deontic Relevance of Motives Steven Sverdlik Bibliography Index