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Practical Knowledge: Selected Essays

โœ Scribed by Kieran Setiya

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Leaves
321
Series
Oxford Moral Theory
Edition
1
Category
Library
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In this collection, Kieran Setiya explores the place of agency in ethics, arguing for a causal theory of intentional action on which it is understood through the knowledge embodied in our intentions, and against the rationalist project of deriving norms of practical reason from the nature of the will.


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Act (Philosophy);Intentionality (Philosophy)

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