Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being

Essays in Moral Psychology and Philosophical Economics

Jerome M. Segal (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2008
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2969-2 (ISBN)

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Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being is a collection of essays drawn from Jerome M. Segal's earlier books, including essays from Agency and Alienation, Joseph's Bones, and Graceful Simplicity. Arranged thematically into a coherent new whole, this selection of essays highlights Jerome M. Segal's contribution to philosophical economics and moral psychology in a definitive edition.

Jerome M. Segal is a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland's Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. Human Agency Chapter 3 2. Alienness: Experiencing One's Own Incoherence Chapter 4 3. Alienness, Understanding, and Self-Deception Chapter 5 4. God's Project of Self-Deception Chapter 6 5. Alienation and Political Agency Chapter 7 6. How We Fooled Ourselves into Believing in Progress Chapter 8 7. The Monetary Illusion Chapter 9 8. The Good Life and Economic Activity Chapter 10 9. Human Activity: A Molecular Approach to Action Theory

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2008
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 231 mm
Gewicht	383 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-7391-2969-4 / 0739129694
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2969-2 / 9780739129692
Zustand	Neuware