{"product_id":"9781119657774","title":"The Moral Powers A Study of Human Nature","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Moral Powers\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Study of Human Nature\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eP. M. S. Hacker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world’s preeminent living philosophers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, of the meaning of human life, and of the place of death in life. It is an essay in philosophical anthropology: the study of the conceptual framework in terms of which we think about, speak about, and investigate \u003ci\u003ehomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e as a social and cultural animal. This volume examines the diversity of values in human life and the place of moral value within the varieties of values. Its subject is the nature of good and evil and our propensity to virtue and vice. Acting as the culmination of five decades of reflection on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, ethics, and human nature, this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes Hacker’s acclaimed Human Nature tetralogy: \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature: The Categorial Framewor\u003c\/i\u003ek, \u003ci\u003eThe Intellectual Powers: A Study of Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Passions: A Study of Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses traditional ideas about ethical value and addresses misconceptions held by philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive neuroscientists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading philosophers of mind, ethicists, psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and any general reader wanting to understand the nature of value and the place of ethics in human lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eP.M.S. Hacker\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein. He has also written extensively on philosophy of neuroscience and philosophy of language. He is Emeritus Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford and holds an Honorary Professorship at University College London’s Institute of Neurology. He has held both British Academy and Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships and visiting chairs in North America. He is author of more than twenty books and over 160 papers, including the preceding three volumes in the \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy: \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThe Intellectual Powers\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Passions\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 June 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119657774\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e464\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383900532876,"sku":"9781119657774","price":37.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119657774.jpg?v=1780201654","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119657774","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}