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Civil Passions: Moral Sentiment and Democratic Deliberation
Sharon R. Krause
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Description for Civil Passions: Moral Sentiment and Democratic Deliberation
Hardback. Drawing on resources ranging from Hume's theory of moral sentiment to recent findings in neuroscience, this title provides an account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that yields binding and compelling conclusions in politics. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Must we put passions aside when we deliberate about justice? Can we do so? The dominant views of deliberation rightly emphasize the importance of impartiality as a cornerstone of fair decision making, but they wrongly assume that impartiality means being disengaged and passionless. In Civil Passions, Sharon Krause argues that moral and political deliberation must incorporate passions, even as she insists on the value of impartiality. Drawing on resources ranging from Hume's theory of moral sentiment to recent findings in neuroscience, Civil Passions breaks new ground by providing a systematic account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that ... Read more
Must we put passions aside when we deliberate about justice? Can we do so? The dominant views of deliberation rightly emphasize the importance of impartiality as a cornerstone of fair decision making, but they wrongly assume that impartiality means being disengaged and passionless. In Civil Passions, Sharon Krause argues that moral and political deliberation must incorporate passions, even as she insists on the value of impartiality. Drawing on resources ranging from Hume's theory of moral sentiment to recent findings in neuroscience, Civil Passions breaks new ground by providing a systematic account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691137254
SKU
V9780691137254
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About Sharon R. Krause
Sharon R. Krause is associate professor of political science at Brown University. She is the author of "Liberalism with Honor".
Reviews for Civil Passions: Moral Sentiment and Democratic Deliberation
Winner of the 2010 Spitz Prize for the Best Book on Liberal or Democratic Theory, International Conference for the Study of Political Thought Winner of the 2009 Alexander L. George Book Award of the International Society of Political Psychology "Krause's Civil Passions is an ambitious work of political theory that attempts to bridge the age-old divide between reason and emotion ... Read more