Libertad, amor y verdad en la teoría de la acción de Harry Frankfurt

Resumen

Harry Frankfurt is considered one of the leading exponents of moral psychology of our time. This recognition is evident especially in the academic field of analytic philosophy, which has been developed in the Anglo world. Since the late sixties, Frankfurt has been devoted to study the actions of the person. His most fruitful work is related to two ideas about the will of the agent. The first proposal of Frankfurt is the assertion of a hierarchy of desires, which structures the will of the person. The second one is an indication that love is a determinant of human action. Harry Frankfurt explains that love is able to configure the structure of the will of the agent and, therefore, their motives. In the dissertation I analyze the effectiveness of Frankfurt’s ideas related to love in explaining the motivation of human action.