Will as commitment and resolve : an existential account of creativity, love, virtue, and happiness

Will as commitment and resolve : an existential account of creativity, love, virtue, and happiness / John Davenport.

In contemporary philosophy, the will is often regarded as a sheer philosophical fiction. In Will as Commitment and Resolve, Davenport argues not only that the will is the central power of human agency that makes decisions and forms intentions but also that it includes the capacity to generate new mo...

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Main Author: Davenport, John J., 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Will.
Ethics.
Conduct of life.
ethics (philosophy)
ethics (philosophical concept)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Conduct of life
Ethics
Will
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Summary:In contemporary philosophy, the will is often regarded as a sheer philosophical fiction. In Will as Commitment and Resolve, Davenport argues not only that the will is the central power of human agency that makes decisions and forms intentions but also that it includes the capacity to generate new motivation different in structure from prepurposive desires. The concept of "projective motivation" is the central innovation in Davenport's existential account of the everyday notion of striving will. Beginning with the contrast between "eastern" and "western" attitudes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 706 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-689) and index.
ISBN:9780823235896
0823235890
9780823246861
0823246868
1282698672
9781282698673
9780823238804
0823238806
9786612698675
6612698675
0823225720
9780823225729
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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