Moral Imagination : Implications of Cognitive Science for Ethics - Mark Johnson

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Moral Imagination

Implications of Cognitive Science for Ethics

By: Mark Johnson

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Paperback | 1 November 1994 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Neurosciences Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Society & Culture

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: How Cognitive Science Changes Ethics
Reason as Force: The Moral Law Folk Theory
Metaphoric Morality
The Metaphoric Basis of Moral Theory
Beyond Rules
The Impoverishment of Reason: Our Enlightenment Legacy
What's Wrong with the Objectivist Self
The Narrative Context of Self and Action
Moral Imagination
Living without Absolutes: Objectivity and the Conditions for Criticism
Preserving Our Best Enlightenment Moral Ideals
Notes
Index
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