... implausibly inclusive. basic equality justification natural law rational agency substance view Taking this description as a point of departure, the philosopher Stan Husi (2017 , 398) asks us to consider a version of subjectivity that does not contain the last...

...Markus Kohl I have argued that Kant accepts a version of OIC that forges a link between ought and physical capacities. The argument of Section I.1 is important because it highlights that Kant's conception of ought-governed rational agency is not oblivious to the fact that we are embodied agents who...

... of Athens μεταβολή ‘reversal’ Diodotus Spartans at Athens Speech of Abstract nominal phrases in Thucydides Γνώμη and γιγνώσκω Burckhardt Jacob Greek Pessimism Nietzsche Friedrich Pericles rational agency necessity tragic dialectic politics Conclusion The Exception of Pericles and the Persistence...

... theory of ideal practical rationality––that is, the normative theory of rational agency based on the ideal use of the rational faculties. On this view, obligation indicates the normative relation between putative actions and ideal agents. It prescribes how agents ought...

... rational agency good and bad reasons Philip Pettit alienated agency inauthenticity Kantsequentializing indirect consequentialism voting torts The outcome-centered approach has from its very inception engendered a profound tension with many of our deepest ethical commitments, a tension often...

...Richard Arneson, Basic Equality, Rational Agency Capacity, and Potentiality. In: How Can We Be Equals?. Edited by: Giacomo Floris and Nikolas Kirby, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press (2024). DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192871480.003.0014 A familiar...

.... Kant’s understanding of dignity as rooted in practically rational agency distinguishes his account of dignity as a trait that is universal, unified, equal, and inalienable and that entails a duty of self-preservation as fundamental to respecting rational agency. Nevertheless, Kant’s arguments do...

... arguments). The argument starts with rational agency and investigates the sense of moral obligation, moral motives, and virtues that would exist in “vat morality,” arguing that although the skeptic needs to presuppose the rational and moral agency of the subject, the skeptical hypothesis denies...

... Kant's account of freedom and his conception of rational agency. It argues that Kant is best read as offering a conceptual thesis regarding what is built into the thought of rational agency rather than a metaphysical thesis regarding an inaccessible noumenal self. Antinomy of Pure Reason conditions...

... it accords persons intrinsic value, shifts the perspective to allow the nonprivileged to ask, “Why should I participate in a system that harms me?” The best model will reflect the fullest sense of ideal rational agency. The Hobbesian model favors a maximizer about his interests; the Kantian...

... considerations self‐deception incommensurability chs 3 & 8 Quinn W pleasure irrationality well‐being axiology circular arguments evaluation contrariness weakness of will routines character and expressive action control reason chs 2 4 5 will the ch 5 agency rational agency reasons value...

...This chapter considers the proposal that in virtue of possessing rational agency capacities at a threshold level, beings qualify as persons. However, this proposal faces the problem of empirical variance: on any plausible understanding of the capacities that constitute rational agency capacity...

... sentience rational agency moral agency rightsholders robot rights superintelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more capable. In 2011 IBM’s Watson defeated two of the best human players on Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. ¹ Prior...

...Michael Cholbi, Equal Respect for Rational Agency In: Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Volume 10. Edited by: Mark Timmons, Oxford University Press (2020). © Michael Cholbi. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198867944.003.0009 Individuals are owed equal respect...

... property pain duties to self end in itself Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Kant Lectures on Ethics Kant Metaphysics of Morals Kant moral value self duties to categorical imperative CI moral agency moral subjecthood practical reason rational agency Wood Allen Korsgaard Christine God...

...1 Extended Action and Instrumental Rationality The Structure of a Theory of Instrumental Rationality 1.0 Introduction The aim of this book is to provide a systematic account, or at least the beginnings of a systematic account, of the nature of instrumentally rational agency in the pursuit of long...

...0 25 09 2024 A number of philosophers, inspired by Kant’s view of self-consciousness as consciousness of spontaneity, have understood self-consciousness as requiring rational agency with respect to one’s beliefs and desires. This leads to a demanding conception of self-consciousness, which...

... deliberation inertia model of consciousness mental acts voluntary action being of two minds subjectivism evaluative control embodiment model inertia in consciousness belief intention rational agency rational activity responsibility answerability “In consciousness, there is no inertia.” So claims...

... achievements. One central goal of this book is to explicate the Kantian link between freedom as autonomy and normative concepts like rationality, objectivity, cognition, or knowledge. 1 Kuehn 2001: 3. 2 Kuehn 2001: 146, 379 82. Kant on Freedom and Rational Agency. Markus Kohl, Oxford University Press. © Markus...

...Critics argue that Stoics assume happiness as the fulfilment of rational human nature; that is why they identify happiness with rational agency and virtue. However, since the fulfilment of rational nature requires more than virtue, the Stoics should admit that if happiness includes virtue...