Joseph Ulatowski: The Identities of Action, Gebunden
The Identities of Action
- How the Normative Valence of Consequences Matters for ACT Evaluation
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- Verlag:
- Bloomsbury Academic, 03/2026
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781666955033
- Artikelnummer:
- 12315432
- Umfang:
- 224 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 503 g
- Maße:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke:
- 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 5.3.2026
- Hinweis
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Klappentext
Individuating action depends upon how people comprehend value judgements about the consequences of an action to distinguish-or not to distinguish-between them.
The question "what is action?" cannot be fully addressed until it is established whether two action descriptions-whether in law, business, insurance policies, or ordinary conversation-refer to the same or different actions. This book approaches the problem of action individuation by arguing for a variantist account, where the moral valence of the consequences of an action plays a foundational role in distinguishing between actions. Actions with bad consequences are associated with the originating act from which the action arises; actions with positive consequences are separate from their originating act. When we consider whether a bad or good consequence is identical to an originating action, the normative valence of the consequences of the action matter. Drawing from an empirical assessment that tests non-philosophers' intuitions about individuating actions, along with real-world examples, Joseph Ulatowski explores the practical and philosophical significance of how we distinguish between actions.