Good Things to Do: Practical Reason Without Obligation

by Feaver and Rüdiger Bittner

R diger Bittner argues that the aim of thinking about what to do, of practical reason, is to find, not what we ought to do, but what it is good to do under the circumstances. Neither under prudence nor under morality are there things we ought to do. There is no warrant for the idea of our being required, by natural law or by our rationality, to do either what helps us attain our ends or what is right for moral reasons. While common moral understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197681085
• ISBN13: 9780197681084
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"