Practical reasoning about final ends

Practical reasoning about final ends

by Richardson, Henry S.

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Henry Richardson argues that we can determine our ends rationally. He constructs a rich and original theory of how we can reason about our final goals. Richardson defuses the counter-arguments for the limits of rational deliberation, and develops interesting ideas about how his model might be extended to interpersonal deliberation of ends, taking him to the borders of political theory. Along the way Richardson offers illuminating discussions of, inter alia, Aristotle, Aquinas, Sidgwick, and Dew…

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  • Full title :Practical reasoning about final ends / Henry S. Richardson.

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Henry Richardson argues that we can determine our ends rationally. He constructs a rich and original theory of how we can reason about our final goals. Richardson defuses the counter-arguments for the limits of rational deliberation, and develops interesting ideas about how his model might be extended to interpersonal deliberation of ends, taking him to the borders of political theory. Along the way Richardson offers illuminating discussions of, inter alia, Aristotle, Aquinas, Sidgwick, and Dewey, as well as the work of several contemporary philosophers.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1994

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiv, 326 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139174275, 1139174274, 9780521464727, 0521464722, 9780521574426, 0521574420
  • DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139174275
  • oclc:ocn967414554
  • LC Classification:BJ84.E5
  • Dewey Decimal:171/.2

Subjects

Ends and means Fin et moyens Practical reason Raison pratique

Writers

Richardson, Henry S.

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