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Ideas of Christine M. Korsgaard, by Text

[American, fl. 1996, Professor at Harvard University.]

1986	Aristotle and Kant on the Source of Value

8 'Activity'

p.239

18233

Contemplation is final because it is an activity which is not a process

8 'Aristotle'

p.229

18226

For Aristotle, contemplation consists purely of understanding

8 'Finality'

p.230

18228

An end can't be an ultimate value just because it is useless!

8 'Three'

p.225

18224

Goodness is given either by a psychological state, or the attribution of a property

8 'Three'

p.228

18225

If we can't reason about value, we can reason about the unconditional source of value

1992	Creating the Kingdom of Ends

p.33

18678

Maybe final value rests on the extrinsic property of being valued by a rational agent [Orsi]

1996	Intro to 'Creating the Kingdom of Ends'

§2

p.372

9757

A person viewed as an agent makes no sense without its own future

§2

p.374

9758

To make sense of personal identity, focus on agency rather than experience

§4

p.378

9759

Theory of action focuses on explanation and prediction; practical action on justification and choice

§5

p.382

9760

Self-concern may be a source of pain, or a lack of self-respect, or a failure of responsibility

§5

p.382

9761

Personal concern for one's own self widens out into concern for the impersonal