Unprincipled Virtue

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Author	: Nomy Arpaly
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 218
Release	: 2003
ISBN-10	: 9780195179767
ISBN-13	: 0195179765
Rating	: 4/5 (67 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Unprincipled Virtue by : Nomy Arpaly

Book excerpt: Conventional thinking about the mind, dating back to Aristotle envisions the emotions as being directed and determined by rational thought. The author argues that the conventional picture of rationality is fundamentally false and has little to do with how real human beings actually behave.

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