advanced scholars and professors interested in new ideas in the philosophy of action will find it invigorating and will be inclined to read the book a second time. This is a strong, well-researched book. Recommended. Ambitious upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
Tamar Schapiro holds a BA from Yale and a PhD in Philosophy from Harvard. She taught in the department of philosophy at Stanford for many years before joining MIT, where she is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy. She has published articles on Kantian ethics, the theory of action, and motivational psychology.