Guy Fletcher

Dear Prudence

The Nature and Normativity of Prudential Discourse

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Produktbeschreibung

This study provides the first book-length exploration of prudential discourse and normativity. Guy Fletcher argues that prudential discourse is authoritative and normative, like moral discourse; and shows that prudential discourse sheds light on the meta-normative.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 141mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780198858263
• ISBN-10: 0198858264
• Artikelnr.: 60891464

Autorenporträt

Guy Fletcher is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests lie in well-being, metaethics, and their intersection, and practical philosophy more generally. His publications include The Philosophy of Well-Being: An Introduction (Routledge, 2016), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being (Routledge, 2016), and Having It Both Ways: Hybrid Theories and Modern Metaethics (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART 1: Prudence, Prudential Discourse, and Normativity
1: Prudence as a System of Categorical Imperatives
2: Is Prudential Discourse Normative?
PART 2: The Nature of Prudential Discourse
3: Prudential Language and Context (I): Good for and Needs
4: Prudential Language and Context (II): Contextualism And Pluralism
5: Prudential Judgements and Motivation
PART 3: Prudential Discourse Is Normative: What Follows?
6: Prudential Normativity, Moral Skepticisms, and Metaethics
7: Prudential Normativity: Realism and Anti-Realism
Conclusion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
Bibliography