Engaging Reason

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Engaging Reason offers a penetrating examination of a set of fundamental questions about human thought and action. In these tightly argued and interconnected essays Joseph Raz examines the nature of normativity, reason, and the will; the justificatiqp $f reaso® and the objectivity of value. He argues for the centrality, but also demonstrates the limits, of reason in action and belief. He suggests that our life is moist trfily our own when our various emotions, hopes, desires, ii|Ée®Ltions, and actionis are guided by reason. He explores the universality of valüé-and of principles of reason on one side, and on the other side their dependence on social practices, and their susceptibility to change and improvemerfHe concludes with an illuminating explanation of self-interest and its »elation to impersoleÉ values in general and tomorality*^ pi particular. : '
Joseph Raz!h|s been sinceMhe i97%^proyinent, original, and widely admired contributor WÍÖie sjady of ii^-ms, values» and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Engaging Reason offers a penetrating examination of a set of fundamental questions about human thought and action. In these tightly argued and interconnected essays Joseph Raz examines the nature of normativity, reason, and the will; the justificatiqp $f reaso® and the objectivity of value. He argues for the centrality, but also demonstrates the limits, of reason in action and belief. He suggests that our life is moist trfily our own when our various emotions, hopes, desires, ii|Ée®Ltions, and actionis are guided by reason. He explores the universality of valüé-and of principles of reason on one side, and on the other side their dependence on social practices, and their susceptibility to change and improvemerfHe concludes with an illuminating explanation of self-interest and its »elation to impersoleÉ values in general and tomorality*^ pi particular. : '
Joseph Raz!h|s been sinceMhe i97%^proyinent, original, and widely admired contributor WÍÖie sjady of ii^-ms, values» and reasons, not just in philosophy bit in political a^legal theo«This volume displays the power and unity of his thougli on thejfe subjecftpnd will be essential reading for all who work on them.
'written from astljndrpofeft of iisight, intelligence and complexity of thought, and it deserves to beíwidelyf read and discussed It will be of enormlus interest to those wofkíng-in jfhics and those in the occupied territories within the philosophy of mind, known as tnepSllosophy of action.'
Jonathan Wolff, THES , Vissza