Kierkegaard, MacIntyre, Williams, and the Internal Point of View / by Rob Compaijen.

By:

Compaijen, Rob [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018Edition: 1st ed. 2018Description: 298 pContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9783319745527

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kierkegaard, Macintyre, Williams, and the internal point of view; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:

N81.1KS 23 C738

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. MacIntyre's critique of Kierkegaard -- 3. Internalism about practical reasons -- 4. Kierkegaard on being human -- 5. Embracing ethical life -- 6. Entrusting oneself to Christian life -- 7. Conclusion.

Summary: This book takes the debate about the (ir)rationality of the transition to ethical life in Kierkegaard's thought in a significantly new direction. Connecting the field of Kierkegaard studies with the meta-ethical debate about practical reasons, and engaging with Alasdair MacIntyre's and Bernard Williams' thought, it explores the rationality of the choices for ethical life and Christian existence. Defending a so-called 'internalist' understanding of practical reasons, Compaijen argues that previous attempts to defend Kierkegaard against MacIntyre's charge of irrationality have failed. He provides a thorough analysis of such fundamental topics as becoming oneself, the ideal objectivity in ethics and religion, the importance of the imagination, the power and limits of philosophical argument, and the relation between grace and nature. This book will be of great interest to Kierkegaard scholars (both academics and graduate students) in philosophy and theology, and, more generally, to anyone fascinated by the rationality of the transition to ethical life and the choice to accept Christianity.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	DVK Library Stack -> Second Floor -> N	N81.1KS C738 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		11070615

Browsing DVK Library shelves, Shelving location: Stack -> Second Floor -> N Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	N81.1KS C197 Kierkegaard and Philosophical Eros: Between Ironic Reflection and Aesthetic Meaning	N81.1KS C355 The Kierkegaard Reader	N81.1KS C692 The Mind of Kierkegaard	N81.1KS C738 Kierkegaard, MacIntyre, Williams, and the Internal Point of View /	N81.1KS C762 Foundations of Kierkegaard`s Vision of Community	N81.1KS C762 Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity	N81.1KS C769 Kierkegaard`s Fear and Trembling	Next

This book takes the debate about the (ir)rationality of the transition to ethical life in Kierkegaard's thought in a significantly new direction. Connecting the field of Kierkegaard studies with the meta-ethical debate about practical reasons, and engaging with Alasdair MacIntyre's and Bernard Williams' thought, it explores the rationality of the choices for ethical life and Christian existence. Defending a so-called 'internalist' understanding of practical reasons, Compaijen argues that previous attempts to defend Kierkegaard against MacIntyre's charge of irrationality have failed. He provides a thorough analysis of such fundamental topics as becoming oneself, the ideal objectivity in ethics and religion, the importance of the imagination, the power and limits of philosophical argument, and the relation between grace and nature. This book will be of great interest to Kierkegaard scholars (both academics and graduate students) in philosophy and theology, and, more generally, to anyone fascinated by the rationality of the transition to ethical life and the choice to accept Christianity.

Description based on publisher-supplied MARC data.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.