2. Rethinking Motivations for Action

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Critical Realist Personalism— Some Basics 27
6. 2. Rethinking Motivations for Action 62
7. 3. Against Social Situationism 91
8. 4. Human Nature and Motivation in Classical Theory 119
9. 5. On Basic Human Goods, Interests, and Motivations 159
10. 6. Toward a Theory of Flourishing 201
11. 7. Understanding Failure, Destruction, and Evil 223
12. Conclusion 266
13. Notes 279
14. Index 337