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The Deliberative Landscape: An Essay in Moral Psychology (Dissertations in Ethics)
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Product Description
This work charts the fate of a philosophical theory and its influence on a philosopher whose whole early education was predicated upon the truth of the theory. The philosopher in question is John Stuart Mill and the theory is 'Instrumentalism about Practical Rationality' - the view that there is nothing more to be said on behalf of any goal other than that achieving it will help achieve further goals. The chief objection to this theory is that it leaves our goals unsupported by reason and unacceptably arbitrary. The author argues that Mill was an Instrumentalist, that the crisis he suffered in his mid-twenties can be read as an embodiment of the arbitrariness objection, and that his subsequent work reveals both a subtle attempt to provide an Instrumentalist response to this objection and an incohate rejection of Instrumentalism. This Instrumentalist response fails to answer the underlying concern. Drawing on the anti-instrumentalist strands of Millian thought, Vogler constructs a powerful objection to the theory of Instrumentalism about Practical Rationality.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3139538 in Books
- Published on: 2000-12-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
..."an elaborate account of the philosophical undercurrents of Mill's 'crisis'... Vogler's prose is elegant and her reading of authors such as Berlin, Russell, Stephen, and, of course, Mill is perceptive."
-Christoph Schmidt-Petri, London School of Economics and Political Science
From the Back Cover
This book charts the fate of philosophical theory about what sorts of things are worth pursuing and why by watching its influence on the philosopher John Stuart Mill whose whole early education was predicated upon the truth of the theory. Drawing on the anti-instrumentalist strands of Millian thought, Vogler constructs a powerful objection to instrumentalism about practical rationality.
About the Author
Candace A. Vogler is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.
