Descartes' deontological turn : reason, will, and virtue in the later writings / Noa Naaman-Zauderer.

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Naaman Zauderer, Noa

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TextSeries: Cambridge books onlinePublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

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9780511860522
0511860528
0511857918
9780511857911
9780511778995
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B1878.W5

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Looking inward: truth, falsehood, and clear and distinct ideas -- Error in judgment -- Free will -- Free will and the likeness to God -- From intellectual to practical reason -- Descartes' deontological ethics of virtue.

Summary: "This book offers a new way of approaching the place of the will in Descartes' mature epistemology and ethics. Departing from the widely accepted view, Noa Naaman-Zauderer suggests that Descartes regards the will, rather than the intellect, as the most significant mark of human rationality, both intellectual and practical. Through a close reading of Cartesian texts from the Meditations onward, she brings to light a deontological and non-consequentialist dimension of Descartes' later thinking, which credits the proper use of free will with a constitutive, evaluative role. She shows that the right use of free will, to which Descartes assigns obligatory force, constitutes for him an end in its own right rather than merely a means for attaining any other end, however valuable. Her important study has significant implications for the unity of Descartes' thinking, and for the issue of responsibility, inviting scholars to reassess Descartes' philosophical legacy"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book offers a new way of approaching the place of the will in Descartes' mature epistemology and ethics. Departing from the widely accepted view, Noa Naaman-Zauderer suggests that Descartes regards the will, rather than the intellect, as the most significant mark of human rationality, both intellectual and practical. Through a close reading of Cartesian texts from the Meditations onward, she brings to light a deontological and non-consequentialist dimension of Descartes' later thinking, which credits the proper use of free will with a constitutive, evaluative role. She shows that the right use of free will, to which Descartes assigns obligatory force, constitutes for him an end in its own right rather than merely a means for attaining any other end, however valuable. Her important study has significant implications for the unity of Descartes' thinking, and for the issue of responsibility, inviting scholars to reassess Descartes' philosophical legacy"-- Provided by publisher

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