Practical reasoning in a social world : how we act together / Keith Graham.

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Graham, Keith, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511014295
9780511014291
9780511043840
0511043848
0511156553
9780511156557
1280433337
9781280433337
9780511487408
0511487401
9780521803786
0521803780
9780521039130
0521039134

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Practical reasoning in a social world.DDC classification:

302.3 21

LOC classification:

H61.15 .G72 2002eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Practical reasoning in context; CHAPTER 2 The indistinctness of persons: causal interconnection; CHAPTER 3 The indistinctness of persons: the personhood of collectivities; CHAPTER 4 Practical collective identification and dissociation; CHAPTER 5 Practical reasoning: sources and constraints; CHAPTER 6 Practical reasoning and morality; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Keith Graham examines the philosophical assumptions behind the ideas of group membership and loyalty. He offers a new understanding of the multiplicity of sources which vie for the attention of human beings as they decide how to act, and challenges the conventional division between self-interest and altruism.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index.

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Keith Graham examines the philosophical assumptions behind the ideas of group membership and loyalty. He offers a new understanding of the multiplicity of sources which vie for the attention of human beings as they decide how to act, and challenges the conventional division between self-interest and altruism.

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