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Book Synopsis Reason and Goodness by : Blanshard, Brand
Download or read book Reason and Goodness written by Blanshard, Brand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. This book is the second in a series of three, which discuss successively the position of reason in the theory of knowledge, in ethics, and in theology. Blanshard is concerned with the vindication of reason against philosophical attacks. Each of the three books is designed to stand by itself.
Book Synopsis Reason, Tradition, and the Good by : Jeffery Nicholas
Download or read book Reason, Tradition, and the Good written by Jeffery Nicholas and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas addresses the failure of reason in modernity to bring about a just society, a society in which people can attain fulfillment.
Book Synopsis Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good by : Sergio Tenenbaum
Download or read book Desire, Practical Reason, and the Good written by Sergio Tenenbaum and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Guise of the Good" thesis -- the view that desire, intention, or action) always aims at the good - has received renewed attention in the last twenty years. The book brings together work on various issues related to this thesis both from contemporary and historical perspectives.
Book Synopsis Without Good Reason by : Edward Stein
Download or read book Without Good Reason written by Edward Stein and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1996-01-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are humans rational? Various experiments performed over the last several decades have been interpreted as showing that humans are irrational—we make significant and consistent errors in logical reasoning, probabilistic reasoning, similarity judgements, and risk-assessment, to name a few areas. But can these experiments establish human irrationality, or is it a conceptual truth that humans must be rational, as various philosophers have argued? In this book, Edward Stein offers a clear critical account of this debate about rationality in philosophy and cognitive science. He discusses concepts of rationality—the pictures of rationality that the debate centres on—and assesses the empirical evidence used to argue that humans are irrational. He concludes that the question of human rationality must be answered not conceptually but empirically, using the full resources of an advanced cognitive science. Furthermore, he extends this conclusion to argue that empirical considerations are also relevant to the theory of knowledge—in other words, that epistemology should be naturalized.
Book Synopsis Plato's Critique of Impure Reason by : D. C. Schindler
Download or read book Plato's Critique of Impure Reason written by D. C. Schindler and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato's Critique of Impure Reason offers a dramatic interpretation of the Republic, at the center of which lies a novel reading of the historical person of Socrates as the "real image" of the good
Book Synopsis Spinoza on Human Freedom by : Matthew J. Kisner
Download or read book Spinoza on Human Freedom written by Matthew J. Kisner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinoza was one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment, but his often obscure metaphysics makes it difficult to understand the ultimate message of his philosophy. Although he regarded freedom as the fundamental goal of his ethics and politics, his theory of freedom has not received sustained, comprehensive treatment. Spinoza holds that we attain freedom by governing ourselves according to practical principles, which express many of our deepest moral commitments. Matthew J. Kisner focuses on this theory and presents an alternative picture of the ethical project driving Spinoza's philosophical system. His study of the neglected practical philosophy provides an accessible and concrete picture of what it means to live as Spinoza's ethics envisioned.
Book Synopsis Spinoza on Reason, Passions, and the Supreme Good by : Andrea Sangiacomo
Download or read book Spinoza on Reason, Passions, and the Supreme Good written by Andrea Sangiacomo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinoza's thought is at the centre of an ever growing interest. Spinoza's moral philosophy, in particular, points to a radical way of understanding how human beings can become free and enjoy supreme happiness. And yet, there is still much disagreement about how exactly Spinoza's recipe is supposed to work. For long time, Spinoza has been presented as an arch rationalist who would identify in the purely intellectual cultivation of reason the key for ethical progress. Andrea Sangiacomo offers a new understanding of Spinoza's project, by showing how he himself struggled during his career to develop a moral philosophy that could speak to human beings as they actually are (imperfect, passionate, often not very rational). Spinoza's views significantly evolved over time. In his early writings, Spinoza's account of ethical progress towards the Supreme Good relies mostly on the idea that the mind can build on its innate knowledge to resist the power of the passions. Although appropriate social conditions may support the individual's pursuit of the Supreme Good, achieving it does not depend essentially on social factors. In Spinoza's later writings, however, the emphasis shifts towards the mind's need to rely on appropriate forms of social cooperation. Reason becomes the mental expression of the way the human body interacts with external causes on the basis of some degree of agreement in nature with them. The greater the agreement, the greater the power of reason to adequately understand universal features as well as more specific traits of the external causes. In the case of human beings, certain kinds of social cooperation are crucial for the development of reason. This view has crucial ramifications for Spinoza's account of how individuals can progress towards the Supreme Good and how a political science based on Spinoza's principles can contribute to this goal.
Book Synopsis Nature, Reason, and the Good Life by : Roger Teichmann
Download or read book Nature, Reason, and the Good Life written by Roger Teichmann and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the centre of our ethical thought stands the human being. Facts about human nature determine the shape of ethical concepts in a variety of ways, and our pre-rational animal nature forms the basis of notions to do with rationality, virtue, and happiness, among other things. Nature, Reason, and the Good Life examines these themes while also arguing for the critical importance of language: only by attending to the social and empirical character of actual language use can we make headway with a number of problems in ethics. Thus what counts as a good or bad reason for action depends on the purposes of human enquiry, as embodied in the question 'Why?'—it does not depend, for example, on some abstract and higher Rationality connected with 'the point of the cosmos'. Furthermore, considerations in philosophy of language and in philosophy of mind together show how emotions, desires, and pleasure—all crucial for ethics—turn out not to be inner states carrying a sort of subjective authority, above or below criticism or justification, and this fact helps undermine various forms of subjectivism and individualism to be found both in philosophy and in the wider culture. Starting from an examination of foundational issues, the book covers a range of topics, including animals, agency, enjoyment, the good life, contemplation, death, and the importance of philosophy. En route, there are critiques of a number of prevalent trends of thought, such as utilitarianism, anti-speciesism, relativism, scientism and even 'ism'-ism.
Book Synopsis Reason and Human Good in Aristotle by : John M. Cooper
Download or read book Reason and Human Good in Aristotle written by John M. Cooper and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reason and Human Good in Aristotle opens up issues of interpretation which are as alive today as when it originally appeared. After almost two decades of extraordinary influence, this succinct book remains a 'must' for any serious bibliography of Aristotle's Ethics." -- Sarah Broadie, Princeton University
Book Synopsis Give Me One Good Reason... by : Avis P. Raines
Download or read book Give Me One Good Reason... written by Avis P. Raines and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give Me One Good Reason is a tale of love, passion, and commitment, but yet there's betrayal, dishonesty, deception, and deceit. It gives you a twisted perception of a certain situation and then explodes into the unthinkable. But just when you think that all hope is gone, as we sometimes feel in life, there's a silver lining. That certain someone or something comes along and makes it all better. We can either accept certain situations, people, and things within our lives or we can let it go. We know that life isn't always as sweet as a bed of roses, but it doesn't have to be a bed of thorns either. Give Me One Good Reason is just that tale of failure to Faith. Life sometimes come with drama and dissatisfaction, but you don't have to deal with that and why would you want to. It's all about being happy and enjoying life to the fullest. Happiness starts with you and you only, other people may come along to enhance that happiness or add to it. Never let anyone determine your happiness, because they can be a part of your life one moment and decide to walk out the next.
Book Synopsis The Real Reason Women Can’T Find a Good Man by : Bruce Ramsey
Download or read book The Real Reason Women Can’T Find a Good Man written by Bruce Ramsey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know yourself, respect yourself, and if he wants your magic, you make him work. Bruce Ramsey shares that message and others in this eye-opening guide for women who think all good men are taken. Drawing on his past relationships and daily observations, he shares insights on how women can: attract men by being confident and independent; avoid being used by unscrupulous men; and enhance your self-respect and self-esteem. He also shares ways to spot the type of men to avoid, including weirdos, potential serial killers, or one of those stalkers that youll never be able to escape. Women must recognize the power they hold over menand then exercise that power to find a man that will treat them right. Find out how to do it with the lessons and insights in The Real Reason Women Cant Find a Good Man.
Book Synopsis Reason and Goodness by : Brand Blanshard
Download or read book Reason and Goodness written by Brand Blanshard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis With Good Reason by : S. Morris Engel
Download or read book With Good Reason written by S. Morris Engel and published by New York : St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, easy-to-read introduction to informal logic, "With Good Reason" offers both comprehensive coverage of informal fallacies and an abundance of engaging examples of both well-conceived and faulty arguments. A long-time favorite of both students and instructors, the text continues in its sixth edition to provide an abundance of exercises that help students identify, correct, and avoid common errors in argumentation.
Book Synopsis Appearances of the Good by : Sergio Tenenbaum
Download or read book Appearances of the Good written by Sergio Tenenbaum and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-08 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.
Book Synopsis Reason and Human Good in Aristotle by : John Madison Cooper
Download or read book Reason and Human Good in Aristotle written by John Madison Cooper and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Philosophy and the Good Life by : John Cottingham
Download or read book Philosophy and the Good Life written by John Cottingham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Cottingham's 1998 study examines three philosophical approaches to the systematic understanding of human nature.
Download or read book The Good Project written by Monika Krause and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes, tsunamis, wars, and pandemics. But with so many ailing areas in need of assistance, how do these organizations decide where to go—and who gets the aid? In The Good Project, Monika Krause dives into the intricacies of the decision-making process at NGOs and uncovers a basic truth: It may be the case that relief agencies try to help people but, in practical terms, the main focus of their work is to produce projects. Agencies sell projects to key institutional donors, and in the process the project and its beneficiaries become commodities. In an effort to guarantee a successful project, organizations are incentivized to help those who are easy to help, while those who are hardest to help often receive no assistance at all. The poorest of the world are made to compete against each other to become projects—and in exchange they offer legitimacy to aid agencies and donor governments. Sure to be controversial, The Good Project offers a provocative new perspective on how NGOs succeed and fail on a local and global level.
