02312nam 2200565 450 991082147800332120170919165509.01-4985-1965-2(CKB)3710000000654639(EBL)4515752(SSID)ssj0001663540(PQKBManifestationID)16448897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001663540(PQKBWorkID)14925214(PQKB)10962101(PQKBManifestationID)16353485(PQKBWorkID)14925222(PQKB)20724615(MiAaPQ)EBC4515752(EXLCZ)99371000000065463920160518h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAction reconceptualized human agency and its sources /David K. ChanLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (231 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-1964-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Towards a Theory of Action; Chapter Two: Intention; Chapter Three: Desire; Chapter Four: From Volitions to Tryings; Chapter Five: Problems and Issues in Action Theory; Chapter Six: Rational and Moral Agency; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexIn re-examining the concepts of desire, intention, and trying, David K. Chan brings a fresh approach toward resolving many of the problems that have occupied philosophers of action for almost a century. This book not only presents a complete theory of human agency but also, by developing the conceptual tools needed to do moral philosophy, lays the groundwork for formulating an ethics that is rooted in a clear, intuitive, and coherent moral psychology.Act (Philosophy)Agent (Philosophy)EthicsAct (Philosophy)Agent (Philosophy)Ethics.128/.4Chan David K.1660496MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821478003321Action reconceptualized4015763UNINA