Unprincipled virtue an inquiry into moral agency nomy arpaly abstract this book presents a positive theory of moral worth chapter 1 examines the complexities of moral life that appear to differ from the paradigmatic cases of moral psychology chapter 2 argues against the common assumption that akrasia is always irrational or at least always less rational than the corresponding self . Unprincipled virtue an inquiry into moral agency nomy arpaly oxford university press 2002 0199882320 9780199882328 216 pages nomy arpaly rejects the model of rationality used by most ethicists and action theorists. Unprincipled virtue an inquiry into moral agency by nomy arpaly january 2006 the journal of philosophy 1039472 477 doi 102307 20619963 authors candace vogler university of chicago . Start by marking unprincipled virtue an inquiry into moral agency as want to read unprincipled virtue an inquiry into moral agency by nomy arpaly 425 rating details 40 ratings 1 review nomy arpaly rejects the model of rationality used by most ethicists and action theorists both observation and psychology indicate that people act rationally without deliberation and