• Introduction


• Section I: Reason


• Chapter 1: Deliberation


• Chapter 2: How Deliberation Works


• Chapter 3: Thinking and Acting for Reasons


• Section II: Desire


• Chapter 4: Love and Care


• Chapter 5: What Desires Are Not


• Chapter 6: What Desires Are


• Section III: Virtue


• Chapter 7: Credit and Blame


• Chapter 8: Virtue


• Chapter 9: Virtue and Cognition


• Section IV: Puzzles


• Chapter 10: Inner Struggle


• Chapter 11: Addiction


• Conclusion


• Works Cited


• Index

Nomy Arpaly received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. She is the author of Unprincipled Virtue (OUP 2002) as well as Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage (2006) and various articles.
Timothy Schroeder grew up on the Canadian prairies, an environment that afforded him plenty of time for philosophical speculation. He received his B.A. from the University of Lethbridge and his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University.

Joining the debate over the roles of reason and appetite in the moral mind, In Praise of Desire takes the side of appetite. Acting for moral reasons, acting in a praiseworthy manner, and acting out of virtue are simply acting out of intrinsic desires for the right or the good.