Emotional Reason : Deliberation, Motivation, and the Nature of Value
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
ISBN-10
0521039118
ISBN-13
9780521039116
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 16th, 2007
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
355 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.00 x 1.50 cms
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PhilosophyPhilosophy
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In this book Bennett Helm proposes an innovative theory of emotions, desires, and evaluative judgements and of their rational interconnections. The result is a vision of what it is to be a responsible agent.
How can we motivate ourselves to do what we think we ought? How can we deliberate about personal values and priorities? Bennett Helm argues that standard philosophical answers to these questions presuppose a sharp distinction between cognition and conation that undermines an adequate understanding of values and their connection to motivation and deliberation. Rejecting this distinction, Helm argues that emotions are fundamental to any account of value and motivation, and he develops a detailed alternative theory both of emotions, desires and evaluative judgements and of their rational interconnections. The result is an innovative theory of practical rationality and of how we can control not only what we do but also what we value and who we are as persons.
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