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How We Get Along J. David Velleman (New York University)

How We Get Along By J. David Velleman (New York University)

How We Get Along by J. David Velleman (New York University)


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In How We Get Along, philosopher David Velleman compares our social interactions to the interactions among improvisational actors on stage. He argues that we play ourselves - not artificially but authentically, by doing what would make sense coming from us as we really are.

How We Get Along Summary

How We Get Along by J. David Velleman (New York University)

In How We Get Along, philosopher David Velleman compares our social interactions to the interactions among improvisational actors on stage. He argues that we play ourselves - not artificially but authentically, by doing what would make sense coming from us as we really are. And, like improvisational actors, we deal with one another in dual capacities: both as characters within the social drama and as players contributing to the shared performance. In this conception of social intercourse, Velleman finds rational grounds for morality, though not a rational guarantee. He maps a middle course between skepticism and rationalism, arguing that practical reasoning is 'pro-moral' without requiring moral action. The result is what he calls a 'Kinda Kantian metaethics'. How We Get Along is the summation of Velleman's thinking to date, incorporating and unifying previous work on agency, the self, the emotions, narrative and Kantian moral theory.

How We Get Along Reviews

...offers a conception of social intercourse as a dynamic equilibrium that is reminiscent of Alexander Nehamas's Nietzsche, Life as Literature (CH, Feb'86) and Lewis White Beck's The Actor and the Spectator (CH, Feb'76)... This book is written in an accessible, intelligent style and is wise where others are clever... Highly recommended... R Werner, Hamilton College, Choice

About J. David Velleman (New York University)

J. David Velleman is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Practical Reflection, The Possibility of Practical Reason, and, most recently, Self to Self. He is also a founding editor of the online journal Philosophers' Imprint.

Table of Contents

1. Acting; 2. Reacting; 3. Interacting; 4. Reflecting; 5. Foundations; 6. Theory; 7. Meaning.

Additional information

NPB9780521888530
9780521888530
0521888530
How We Get Along by J. David Velleman (New York University)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2009-04-27
232
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