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OverviewThis book provides answers to both normative and metaethical questions in a way that shows the interconnection of both types of questions, and also shows how a complete theory of reasons can be developed by moving back and forth between the two types of questions. It offers an account of the nature of intimate relationships and of the nature of the reasons that intimacy provides, and then uses that account to defend a traditional intuitionist metaethics. The book thus combines attention to the details of the lived moral life – the context in which many of our most pressing moral questions arise, how we deliberate and make moral decisions, the complexities that plague our attempts to know what we ought to do – with theoretical rigor in offering an account of the nature of reasons, how we come to have moral knowledge, and how we can adjudicate between competing positions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Diane JeskePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: v. 13 Weight: 0.385kg ISBN: 9780415990363ISBN 10: 041599036 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 24 June 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Agents and Their Reasons Chapter One: Situating the Project Chapter Two: How Not to Understand Reasons of Intimacy Chapter Three: Friends and Other Relations Chapter Four: Intimacy, Fidelity, and Commitments Chapter Five: Friendship and Particularism Chapter Six: Deontological Constraints and Dispute Resolution Chapter Seven: The Scope of the Objective Agent-Relative Conclusions: Reasons and Relationships Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDiane Jeske received her PhD from MIT, and is now an associate professor of philosophy at The University of Iowa. She has published extensively on special obligations to intimates and is co-editor, with Richard Fumerton, of Philosophy Through Film. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |