Moral Imagination
Download or Read eBook Moral Imagination PDF written by Mark Johnson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Mark Johnson |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2014-12-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226223230 |
| ISBN-13 | : 022622323X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Moral Imagination by : Mark Johnson
Book excerpt: Using path-breaking discoveries of cognitive science, Mark Johnson argues that humans are fundamentally imaginative moral animals, challenging the view that morality is simply a system of universal laws dictated by reason. According to the Western moral tradition, we make ethical decisions by applying universal laws to concrete situations. But Johnson shows how research in cognitive science undermines this view and reveals that imagination has an essential role in ethical deliberation. Expanding his innovative studies of human reason in Metaphors We Live By and The Body in the Mind, Johnson provides the tools for more practical, realistic, and constructive moral reflection.
