Katrien Schaubroeck The normativity of what we care about

a love-based theory of practical reasons

A love-based reason theory as a new perspective in the debate on practical reasons. Reasons and obligations pervade our lives. The alarm clock gives us a reason to get up in the morning, the expectations of colleagues or clients give us a reason to do our jobs well, the misery in developing countries gives us a reason to donate money to Oxfam, a headache gives us a reason to take an aspirin. Looking for unity in variety, philosophers wonder why a consideration counts as a reason to do something....

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Engels | 207 pagina's (PDF) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2013

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