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Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being

Essays in Moral Psychology and Philosophical Economics

Jerome M. Segal (Author)
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Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being

Essays in Moral Psychology and Philosophical Economics

Jerome M. Segal (Author)
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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.

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

Product details

Published Jan 16 2009
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 260
ISBN 9780739129685
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jerome M. Segal

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, Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami

  • 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

  • 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, author of God: A Biography

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

    David Shi, author of The Simple Life and president of Furman University

  • 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

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