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" Life and action : "
Michael Thompson.
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BL
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993634
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b748004
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| Main Entry
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Thompson, Michael,1959-
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Life and action : : elementary structures of practice and practical thought /\ Michael Thompson.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (vi, 223 pages)
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0674033965
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: 9780674033962
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067401670X
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9780674016705
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Part I: The representation of life -- Can life be given a real definition? -- The representation of the living individual -- The representation of the life-form itself -- Part II: Naive action theory -- Types of practical explanation -- Naive explanation of action -- Action and time -- Part III: Practical generality -- Two tendencies in practical philosophy -- Practices and dispositions as sources of the goodness of individual actions -- Practice and disposition as sources of individual action.
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Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts--concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This clarity is Michael Thompson's aim in his ambitious work. In Thompson's view, failure to comprehend the structures of thought and judgment expressed in these concepts has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus.
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Act (Philosophy)
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Conduct of life.
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Ethics.
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Life.
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Act (Philosophy)
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Conduct of life.
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Ethics.
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Handlung
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Life.
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Philosophie
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PHILOSOPHY-- History Surveys-- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Logic.
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| Dewey Classification
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191
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BJ37.T49 2008eb
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CC 6960rvk
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