Appearances of the Good

Argues that what we want is good, even when desires and evaluative judgements conflict.

Autorentext

Sergio Tenenbaum is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. He has contributed to Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Nous, Philosophical Quarterly, and Oxford Studies in Metaethics, and is editor of New Perspectives in Moral Psychology.

Klappentext

Argues that what we want is good, even when desires and evaluative judgements conflict.

Zusammenfassung
'We desire all and only those things we conceive to be good; we avoid what we conceive to be bad'. In Appearances of the Good, Sergio Tenenbaum argues that this slogan is both significant and exactly right, even in cases of apparent conflict between our desires and our evaluative judgements.

Inhalt

1. The basic framework: desires as appearances; 2. The basic framework: from desire to value and action; 3. The subjective nature of practical reason; 4. The objective nature of practical reason; 5. Deontological goods; 6. Motivation without evaluation? Unintelligible ends, animal behaviour, and diabolical wills; 7. Evaluation and motivation part company? The problem of Akrasia; 8. Evaluation and motivation part company? The problem of Accidie.