Importance of What We Care about: Philosophical Essays

Title: Importance of What We Care about: Philosophical Essays
Author: Harry G Frankfurt
ISBN: 9780521336116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1988
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Tenth Printing
Number of Pages: 202
Section: Philosophy | Movements | Humanism
Publisher Description: This volume is a collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind. The essays deal with such central topics as freedom of the will, moral responsibility, the concept of a person, the structure of the will, the nature of action, the constitution of the self, and the theory of personal ideals. By focusing on the distinctive nature of human freedom, Professor Frankfurt is ale to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life.