| Description |
xi, 219 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Acting -- Reacting -- Interacting -- Reflecting -- Foundations -- Theory -- Meaning |
| Summary |
In this book, the author compares our social interactions to the interactions among improvisational actors on stage. He argues that we play ourselves - not artificially but authentically, by doing what would make sense coming from us as we really are. And, like improvisational actors, we deal with one another in dual capacities: both as characters within the social drama and as players contributing to the shared performance. In this conception of social intercourse, the author finds rational grounds for morality, though not a rational guarantee. He maps a middle course between skepticism and rationalism, arguing that practical reasoning is 'pro-moral' without requiring moral action. The result is what he calls a 'Kinda Kantian metaethics'. This book is the summation of Velleman's thinking to date, incorporating and unifying previous work on agency, the self, the emotions, narrative and Kantian moral theory |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index |
| Subject |
Practical reason.
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Ethics.
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Acting.
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Improvisation (Acting)
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| LC no. |
2008031158 |
| ISBN |
9780521043403 paperback |
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9780521888530 hardback |
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