Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being: Essays in Moral Psychology and Philosophical Economics

by Jerome M. Segal

Overview

Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being is a collection of essays drawn from Jerome M. Segal's earlier books, including essays from Agency and Alienation, Joseph's Bones, and Graceful Simplicity. Arranged thematically into a coherent new whole, this selection of essays highlights Jerome M. Segal's contribution to philosophical economics and moral psychology in a definitive edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739129692
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/16/2008
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jerome M. Segal is a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland's Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1. Human Agency
Chapter 3 2. Alienness: Experiencing One's Own Incoherence
Chapter 4 3. Alienness, Understanding, and Self-Deception
Chapter 5 4. God's Project of Self-Deception
Chapter 6 5. Alienation and Political Agency
Chapter 7 6. How We Fooled Ourselves into Believing in Progress
Chapter 8 7. The Monetary Illusion
Chapter 9 8. The Good Life and Economic Activity
Chapter 10 9. Human Activity: A Molecular Approach to Action Theory

Editorial Reviews

Agency and Alienation stretches the boundaries of current thought and debate in the philosophy of mind. It is a thought-provoking and original book.

Michael Slote

Praise for Graceful Simplicity A marvelously textured analysis of the elusive ideal of simple living.. .. A must-read.....

David Shi

Praise for Joseph's Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible A work of stunning originality.. .. Nothing quite like it has appeared in years.....

Jack Miles

Praise for Agency and Alienation
Jerome M. Segal has made a major contribution to the phenomenology of action.

Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

Praise for Agency and Alienation
Jerome M. Segal has made a major contribution to the phenomenology of action.

Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

I would think that Jerome M. Segal's position would become in time one of the basic positions in the philosophy of action taught in graduate schools and referred to in the literature.

Terry P. Pinkard

Praise for Agency and Alienation
Jerome M. Segal has made a major contribution to the phenomenology of action.

Canadian Philosophical Review

I would think that Jerome M. Segal's position would become in time one of the basic positions in the philosophy of action taught in graduate schools and referred to in the literature.--Terry P. Pinkard, Georgetown University

Agency and Alienation stretches the boundaries of current thought and debate in the philosophy of mind. It is a thought-provoking and original book.--Michael Slote, Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami

Praise for Agency and Alienation Jerome M. Segal has made a major contribution to the phenomenology of action.--Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review

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