What a Piece of Work Is Man Beyond Pleasure and Pain How Motivation Works by E. Tory Higgins Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012. 568 pp. S69.95, £45. ISBN 9780199765829.
Barry Schwartz
Abstract
Barry Schwartz
Abstract
Arguing that there is much more to motivation than seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, Higgins points to the importance of desires for value, truth, and control.
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Arguing that there is much more to motivation than seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, Higgins points to the importance of desires for value, truth, and control.
Key concepts: Pleasure, Pain and pleasure, Value (mathematics), Psychology, Work (physics), Sociology, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy