Overview
Brings together prominent international experts to provide the first systematic investigation of practical necessity.
Offers a multi-perspective analysis of this crucial concept in contemporary philosophical debates.
Contributes to debates on practical identity, motivational structures, and moral agency.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Examples: The Necessity of Love and the Unforgivable
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Normative Claims: Personal Practical Necessity and Practical Identities
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Normative Challenges: Vice and Akrasia
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Volitional and Psychological Challenges: Ambiguity, Psychopathy, and Shame
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Concluding Evaluations
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Katharina Bauer, Dr. phil., is a Feodor-Lynen Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation at Rijskuniversiteit Groningen. In 2016 she has completed her habilitation thesis about theories of practical necessity as a research scholar of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)”. She is the author of Einander zu erkennen geben. Das Selbst zwischen Erkenntnis und Gabe (Alber 2012).
Corinna Mieth is Professor for Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany). Her main areas of specialization are positive duties, human rights and human dignity, global justice, world poverty, and moral dilemmas. She is the author of Positive Pflichten (Positive Duties). Über das Verhältnis von Hilfe und Gerechtigkeit in Bezug auf das Weltarmutsproblem (de Gruyter 2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dimensions of Practical Necessity
Book Subtitle: “Here I Stand. I Can Do No Other."
Editors: Katharina Bauer, Somogy Varga, Corinna Mieth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52398-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52397-2Published: 03 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84897-6Published: 18 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52398-9Published: 20 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 257
Topics: Moral Philosophy, Ethics, Religion and Psychology