Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason

<p>Over the last several decades questions about practical reason have come to occupy the center stage in ethics and metaethics. <i>The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason</i> is an outstanding reference source to this exciting and distinctive subject area and is the first volume of its kind. Comprising thirty-six chapters by an international team of contributors the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field and is divided into five parts:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Foundational Matters</li> <li>Practical Reason in the History of Philosophy </li> <li>Philosophy of Practical Reason as Action Theory and Moral Psychology</li> <li>Philosophy of Practical Reason as Theory of Practical Normativity</li> <li>The Philosophy of Practical Reason as the Theory of Practical Rationality</li> </ul><p>The Handbook also includes two chapters by the late Derek Parfit ‘Objectivism about Reasons’ and ‘Normative Non-Naturalism.’</p><p>The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason is essential reading for philosophy students and researchers in metaethics philosophy of action action theory ethics and the history of philosophy.</p>