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Imagination and Principles

An Essay on the Role of Imagination in Moral Reasoning

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  1. Mark Coeckelbergh
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 1-7

  3. Pragmatism and Technology (deliberating actors)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Contemporary Pragmatism

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 11-27

    3. Limits

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 28-55

    4. Engineering and Medical Care

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 56-68

  4. Moral Sentiment and Culture (judging spectators)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Nussbaum

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 73-90

    3. Limits

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 91-115

    4. Mass Media and Digital Culture

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 116-127

  5. Absolutism and Politics (words citizens)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Kant and Kantians

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 133-166

    3. Limits

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 167-197

    4. Cosmopolitanism

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 198-220

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Mark Coeckelbergh
      Pages 222-225

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 226-249
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About this book

What does it mean to say that imagination plays a role in moral reasoning, and what are the theoretical and practical implications? Engaging with three traditions in moral theory and confronting them with three contexts of moral practice, this book comprehensively explores these questions and the relation between imagination and principles.

About the author

MARK COECKELBERGH PhD, University of Birmingham, UK, lectures in philosophy of technology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is the author of Liberation and Passion (2002) and The Metaphysics of Autonomy (2004) as well as numerous articles in the area of professional ethics and the ethics of technology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Imagination and Principles

  • Book Subtitle: An Essay on the Role of Imagination in Moral Reasoning

  • Authors: Mark Coeckelbergh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230589803

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Mark Coeckelbergh 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55279-1Published: 17 October 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58980-3Published: 17 October 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 249

  • Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy

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