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Author: Peter Vallentyne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991-01-25
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780521398152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this anthology, prominent moral and political philosophers offer a critical assessment of Gauthier's theory.
Author: David Gauthier
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019-05-15
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1501745794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Gauthier is one of the most outstanding and influential philosophers working in moral theory today, and his book Morals by Agreement (1986) has established him as a preeminent defender of contractarian moral theory. This volume brings together a selection of his best essays on contractarianism, many of which have become difficult to find.
Author: David P. Gauthier
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere a group of philosophers, economists and political theorists discuss the work of David Gauthier, which seeks to show that rational individuals would accept certain moral constraints on their choices. The possibilities and limitations of a contractarian approach to issues of justice is analyzed.
Author: David Gauthier
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1987-05-21
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0191520144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book the author argues that moral principles are principles of rational choice. According to the usual view of choice, a rational person selects what is likely to give the greatest expectation of value or utility. But in many situations, if each person chooses in this way, everyone will be worse off than need be. Instead, Professor Gauthier proposes a principle whereby choice is made on an agreed basis of co-operation, rather than according to what would give the individual the greatest expectation of value. He shows that such a principle not only ensures mutual benefit and fairness, thus satisfying the standards of morality, but also that each person may actually expect greater utility by adhering to morality, even though the choice did not have that end primarily in view. In resolving what may appear to be a paradox, the author establishes morals on the firm foundation of reason.
Author: Christopher W. Morris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-07-16
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 0521781841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays exploring practical rationality and the work of David Gauthier.
Author: Michael Moehler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-02-29
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1108587496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Element provides a systematic defense of moral contractarianism as a distinct approach to the social contract. It elucidates, in comparison to moral conventionalism and moral contractualism, the distinct features of moral contractarianism, its scope, and conceptual and practical challenges that concern the relationship between morality and self-interest, the problems of assurance and compliance, rule-following, counterfactualism, and the nexus between morals and politics. It argues that, if appropriately conceived, moral contractarianism is conceptually coherent, empirically sound, and practically relevant, and has much to offer to contemporary moral philosophy.
Author: David Gauthier
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022-02-18
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0192654721
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents a selection of David Gauthier's writings on Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and the theory of political contractarianism. The eight essays on Hobbes, written over four decades, represent the author's changing understanding of the moral and political theories since the publication of The Logic of Leviathan (OUP, 1969). These include essays on Hobbes on law, challenging influential readings of his legal philosophy, and a previously unpublished piece, 'The True and Only Moral Philosophy', providing a close reading of chapters 13-15 of Leviathan. The four essays on social contract theory include an extended version of 'Political Contractarianism' (1997), Gauthier's well-known 'Public Reason' (1994), and a paper previously available only in French and Spanish translations.
Author: Jean Hampton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-11-13
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1139460188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContractarianism in some form has been at the center of recent debates in moral and political philosophy. Jean Hampton was one of the most gifted philosophers involved in these debates and provided both important criticisms of prominent contractarian theories plus powerful defenses and applications of the core ideas of contractarianism. In these essays, she brought her distinctive approach, animated by concern for the intrinsic worth of persons, to bear on topics such as guilt, punishment, self-respect, family relations, and the maintenance and justification of the state. Edited by Daniel Farnham, this collection is an essential contribution to understanding the problems and prospectus of contractarianism in moral, legal and political philosophy.
Author: Albert Weale
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 0198853548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers an exposition and evaluation of major work in social contract theory from 1950 to the present.
Author: James P. Sterba
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-02-14
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 0199580766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJames P. Sterba offers something that philosophers have long sought: an argument showing that morality is rationally required. Furthermore he argues that morality requires substantial equality. Even libertarian perspectives, which would seem to require minimal enforcement of morality, are shown to lead to a requirement of equality.
