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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: Vallentyne Peter
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 339
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: 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: Michael Moehler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-02-29
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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 P. Gauthier
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 224
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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: Maxim Storchevoy
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-12-27
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 3319691139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book suggests that normative ethics should be developed as a social science, and that this will improve its reputation in business and society. Storchevoy defines four criteria of a good scientific method (clear definitions, correct logic, empirical verification, accurate measurement) and demonstrates how normative ethics can make use of them. He provides a historical review of the methodological evolution of normative ethics and outlines how it was moving in a nonlinear way towards this scientific development by the 16th century. A Scientific Approach to Ethics challenges the reputation of ethics among many within business and business schools as unscientific and argues that it can come to be seen as a scientific discipline able to reveal universal moral truth.
Author: Michael Moehler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0198785925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Moehler develops a novel multilevel social contract theory tailored to the conditions of societies that are deeply morally pluralistic. Such societies must cope with a variety of values and traditions: Moehler defines the minimal behavioral restrictions that are necessary to ensure mutually beneficial peaceful long-term cooperation.
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: Peter Timmerman
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Published: 2014-03-31
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9783319042633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malcolm Murray
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2017-09-27
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0773551816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow are we meant to behave? And how are we to defend whatever answer we give? Morals and Consent grounds our notion of morality in natural evolution, and from that basis, Malcolm Murray shows why contractarianism is a far more viable moral theory than is widely believed. The scope of Morals and Consent has two main parts: theory and application. In his discussion of theory, Murray defends contractarianism by appealing to evolutionary game theory and metaethical analyses. His main argument is that we are not going to find morality as an objective fact in the world, and that instead, we can understand morality as a reciprocal cooperative trait. From this minimal moral architecture, Murray derives his innovative consent principle. The application of the theory, detailing what contractarians can – or ought to – say about moral matters, takes up the greater portion of the work. Murray offers a trenchant examination of what moral constraints we can claim concerning death (abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment), sex (pornography, prostitution, and sexual assault), beneficence (toward present and future people, animals, and the environment), and liberty (genetic enhancement, organ sales, and torture). By focusing on evolutionary contractarianism and the epistemic justification of our moral claims – or lack thereof – Malcolm Murray’s Morals and Consent is a serious advance in the field of applied ethics and fills an important void.
