Reasons from within
Subtitle: desires and values
By: Alan H. Goldman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780199576906
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The debate; title: Deliberation; title: Internalism versus externalism; title: Advantages of internalism: a modified humeanism; title: Reasons and rationality; title: Reasons defined; title: Rationality: the information requirement; title: Rationality: the coherence requirement; title: Emotions, desires, and reasons; title: Emotions and desires; title: Desires, depression, and rationality; title: Desires and reasons; title: The externalist's examples; title: Learning reasons for desires; title: Prudence; title: Moral motivation; title: A different approach and a last ditch reply; title: The case against objective value; title: Objective value and motivation; title: The impartial and impersonal perspectives; title: Pleasures and pains; title: Good and meaningful lives; title: Conclusion.