Reason over passion : the social basis of evaluation and appraisal / / Evan Simpson

• Autore: Simpson Evan <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 121/.8
• Soggetto topico: Values; Reason; Emotions; Ethics
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Outline of the Argument -- Attitudes -- How Attitudes Embody Belief -- The Assessment of Attitudes -- Our Metaphysical Reasons for Action -- Affective Perception -- Evaluation -- Attitude-Worthiness -- The Verification of Value -- Desirability -- Characterization -- Varieties of Characterization -- Characterizing Behaviour -- Characterization vs. Evaluation -- Agreement and Reality -- Culture -- Institutions -- Cultural Facts and Fictions -- Human Nature -- Morality -- Five Types of Ethical Theory -- Human Respectability -- Religious Belief -- Educating the Emotions -- Scholarly Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Reason is not passion's slave." Rather, the author argues, reason appraises the cultural appropriateness of passion, thus directing our attitudinal behaviour. He refutes those theories of value which correspond philosophically to societies described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: societies of "honour without virtue, reason without wisdom, pleasure without happiness." His argument, which takes into account traditional philosophic positions, is divided into five parts: Attitudes, Evaluation, Characterization, Culture, Morality.
• Titolo autorizzato: Reason over passion
• ISBN: 9786613811363; 9781554585892; 1554585899; 9781282233621; 1282233629; 9780889206120; 0889206120
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154973103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II