Isbn: 9780521837835 - appearances of the good: an essay on the nature of practical reason (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Zustand: New. This book argues that what we want is good, even when desires and evaluative judgements conflict. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 581. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 315 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'We desire all and only those things we conceive to be good; we avoid what we conceive to be bad.' This slogan was once the standard view of the relationship between desire or motivation and rational evaluation. Many critics have rejected this scholastic formula as either trivial or wrong. It appears to be trivial if we just define the good as 'what we want', and wrong if we consider apparent conflicts between what we seem to want and what we seem to think is good. In Appearances of the Good, Sergio Tenenbaum argues that the old slogan is both significant and right, even in cases of apparent conflict between our desires and our evaluative judgements. Maintaining that the good is the formal end of practical inquiry in much the same way as truth is the formal end of theoretical inquiry, he provides a fully unified account of motivation and evaluation.…