398. Experimental Courses
Moral Worth
We don't always praise a person for doing the right act, nor do we always blame a person for doing the wrong act. When is an agent praiseworthy and when blameworthy? In her book Unprincipled Virtue Nomy Arpaly presents a theory of moral worth to answer these questions. Her accounts draws on concepts of autonomy, rationality and practical reason. In this class we will read Arpaly's book as well as papers on agent autonomy, responsibility, rationality and practical reason.