The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason

<P>Over the last several decades, questions about practical reason have come to occupy the center stage in ethics and metaethics. <I>The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason</I> is an outstanding reference source to this exciting and distinctive subject area and is the first volume of its kind. Comprising thirty-six chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field and is divided into five parts:</P><P></P><UL><P><LI>Foundational Matters</LI><LI>Practical Reason in the History of Philosophy </LI><LI>Philosophy of Practical Reason as Action Theory and Moral Psychology</LI><LI>Philosophy of Practical Reason as Theory of Practical Normativity</LI><LI>The Philosophy of Practical Reason as the Theory of Practical Rationality</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><P>The Handbook also includes two chapters by the late Derek Parfit, ‘Objectivism about Reasons’ and ‘Normative Non-Naturalism.’</P><P></P><I><P>The Routledge Handbook of Practical Reason</I> is essential reading for philosophy students and researchers in metaethics, philosophy of action, action theory, ethics, and the history of philosophy.</P>