How we get along

by Velleman, James David

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Title Statements

Full title :How we get along / J. David Velleman.

Summary

The author compares our social interactions to the interactions among improvisational actors on stage. He argues that we play ourselves -- not artificially but authentically, by doing what would make sense coming from us as we really are. And like improvisational actors, we deal with one another in dual capacities: both as characters within the social drama and as players contributing to the shared performance. In this conception of social intercourse, he finds rational grounds for morality, though not a rational guarantee. He maps a middle course between skepticism and rationalism, arguing that practical reasoning is "pro-moral' without requiring moral action. The result is what he calls a "kinda Kantian metaethics."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 219 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521888530, 0521888530, 9780521043403, 0521043409
oclc:ocn237048331
LC Classification:BC177
Dewey Decimal:160

Acting -- Reacting -- Interacting -- Reflecting -- Foundations -- Theory -- Meaning.

Subjects

08.38 ethics 08.44 social philosophy Acteren acting Art dramatique Ethics ethics (philosophy) Improvisation (Acting) Improvisation (Art dramatique) Interpersoonlijke interactie Morale Practical reason Raison pratique Rationaliteit