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In: | Mind & Language, 33, 2018, 3, p. 299-317 |
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Wiley
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 299-317 |
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ISSN: |
0268-1064
1468-0017 |
DOI: | 10.1111/mila.12186 |
published in: | Mind & Language |
Language: | English |
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Collection: | Wiley (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>A recent skeptical challenge denies deliberation is essential to virtuous agency: what looks like genuine deliberation is just a post hoc rationalization of a decision already made by automatic mechanisms. Julia Annas's account of virtue seems well‐equipped to respond: by modeling virtue on skills, she can agree that virtuous actions are deliberation‐free while insisting that their development requires significant thought. But Annas's proposal is flawed: it over‐intellectualizes deliberation's developmental role and under‐intellectualizes its significance once virtue is acquired. Doing better requires paying attention to a distinctive form of anxiety—one that functions to engage deliberation in the face of decisions that automatic mechanisms alone cannot resolve.</jats:p> |