Unprincipled Virtue

Author	: Nomy Arpaly
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 218
Release	: 2003
ISBN-13	: 9780195179767
ISBN-10	: 0195179765
Rating	: 4/5 (65 Downloads)

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Download or read book Unprincipled Virtue written by Nomy Arpaly and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional thinking about the mind, dating back to Aristotle envisions the emotions as being directed and determined by rational thought. The author argues that the conventional picture of rationality is fundamentally false and has little to do with how real human beings actually behave.

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