Emotional Reason: Deliberation, Motivation, and the Nature of Value

by Bennett W. Helm

Book Overview

How can we motivate ourselves to do what we think we ought? How can we deliberate about personal values and priorities? Bennett Helm argues that standard philosophical answers to these questions presuppose a sharp distinction between cognition and conation that undermines an adequate understanding of values and their connection to motivation and deliberation. Rejecting this distinction, Helm argues that emotions are fundamental to any account of value...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039118
• ISBN13: 9780521039116
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"