Life and Action : : Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought / / Michael Thompson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Thompson, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; PART ONE. The Representation of Life --; 1. Introductory --; 2. Can Life Be Given a Real Definition? --; 3. The Representation of the Living Individual --; 4. The Representation of the Life-Form Itself --; PART TWO. Naive Action Theory --; 5. Introductory --; 6. Types of Practical Explanation --; 7. Naive Explanation of Action --; 8. Action and Time --; PART THREE. Practical Generality --; 9. Two Tendencies in Practical Philosophy --; 10. Practices and Dispositions as Sources of the Goodness of Individual Actions --; 11. Practice and Disposition as Sources of Individual Action --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674033962; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674033962
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Thompson.

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.