num_pages: 192
description: In Reasons and the Good Roger Crisp answers some of the oldest questions in moral philosophy. Fundamental to ethics, he claims, is the idea of ultimate reasons for action; and he argues controversially that these reasons don't depend on moral concepts. He investigates the nature of reasons themselves, and how we come to know them. He defends a hedonistic theory of well-being and an account of practical reason according to which we can give some, though not overriding, priority to our own good over that of others.
language: English
title: Reasons and the Good
titlecomplete: Reasons and the Good
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Clarendon Press