Executed with Blackburn's characteristic witty eloquence, with stylish literary references and many examples Mind Blackburn brings an amplitude of implicit thought, and an appeal to general experience, which give his case an authoritative force and persuasion beyond its technical and detailed arguments The Cambridge Quarterly This book is that rare thing: a work of philosophy beautifully written, able to engage the interest of those outside a narrow sphere of academic specialists, while attending to philosophical problems that most worry those who spend their professional life trying to solve them Ethics Blackburn's stimulating book makes a lively contribution. People interested in the issues it addresses will read it with profit Samuel Scheffler, Times Literary Supplement A fascinating book that seeks to clarify what we are doing when we make moral judgments Philosophy Ruling Passions gives us our humanity, providing some answers to those sceptics who find Kantian morality devoid of psychological realism Alex Klaushoefer, Times Higher Education Supplement
