Simon Blackburn (Cambridge University): Publications

Cambridge University
Faculty of Philosophy

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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Distinguished Research Professor (Part-time)

Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Précis of Ruling Passions
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 65 (1): 122-135. 2002.

Ruling Passions is about human nature. It is an invitation to see human nature a certain way. It defends this way of looking at ourselves against competitors, including rational choice theory, modern Kantianism, various applications of evolutionary psychology, views that enchant our natures, and those that disenchant them in the direction of relativism or nihilism. It is a story centred upon a view of human ethical nature, which it places amongst other facets of human nature, as just one of the …Read more
Ruling Passions is about human nature. It is an invitation to see human nature a certain way. It defends this way of looking at ourselves against competitors, including rational choice theory, modern Kantianism, various applications of evolutionary psychology, views that enchant our natures, and those that disenchant them in the direction of relativism or nihilism. It is a story centred upon a view of human ethical nature, which it places amongst other facets of human nature, as just one of the elements which give us the manifold objects of our concerns and cares.
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4. Hubris and the Fragile Self
In Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love, Princeton University Press. pp. 61-78. 2014.

Simon Blackburn