Moral Imagination - by Mark Johnson (Paperback)

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Using path-breaking discoveries of cognitive science, Mark Johnson argues that humans are fundamentally imaginative moral animals, challenging the view that morality is simply a system of universal laws dictated by reason.
Author(s): Mark Johnson
302 Pages
Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy

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Using path-breaking discoveries of cognitive science, Mark Johnson argues that humans are fundamentally imaginative moral animals, challenging the view that morality is simply a system of universal laws dictated by reason. According to the Western moral tradition, we make ethical decisions by applying universal laws to concrete situations. But Johnson shows how research in cognitive science undermines this view and reveals that imagination has an essential role in ethical deliberation.

Expanding his innovative studies of human reason in Metaphors We Live By and The Body in the Mind, Johnson provides the tools for more practical, realistic, and constructive moral reflection.

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Using path-breaking discoveries of cognitive science, Mark Johnson argues that humans are fundamentally imaginative moral animals, challenging the view that morality is simply a system of universal laws dictated by reason. According to the Western moral tradition, we make ethical decisions by applying universal laws to concrete situations. Johnson shows how research in cognitive science undermines this view and reveals that imagination has an essential role in ethical deliberation. Expanding his innovative studies of human reason in Metaphors We Live By and The Body in the Mind, Johnson provides the tools for more practical, realistic, and constructive moral reflection.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.04 Inches (H) x 5.95 Inches (W) x .72 Inches (D)

Weight: .91 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 302

Genre: Philosophy

Sub-Genre: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Mark Johnson

Language: English

Street Date: November 1, 1994

TCIN: 1007263812

UPC: 9780226401690

Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-1362

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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