| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 201 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Contractualism ; Morality's foundations ; Method ; Outline -- The limits of Hobbesian contractualism. Gauthier's Hobbesian contractualism ; The normativity objection ; The impartiality objection ; Summary -- The limits of Kantian contractualism. Scanlon's Kantian contractualism ; The circularity objection ; The non-fundamentality objection ; Summary -- The structure of deliberative contractualism. Deliberative rationality ; Inputs to deliberation ; Output : a common code to live by ; Inclusion broad and narrow ; Summary -- The normativity of deliberative contractualism. Instrumentalism, substantivism, rational formalis ; Deliberative citizenship and the interpersonal point of view ; Relational formalism : reasons of deliberative citizenship ; Answering the critics ; Summary -- Getting morality right. Does deliberative contractualism get moarlity's intensional character right? ; Does deliberative contractualism get morality's extensional character right? ; Summary -- Grounding morality. Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily backwards? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily superseded? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily epiphenomenal? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily circular? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily non-fundamental? ; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Southwood assesses contractualism as an account of the foundations or ultimate grounds of morality. While sceptical about how contractualism has typically been developed, he proposes a novel 'deliberative' version of contractualism, which he argues has the resources to offer an account of morality's foundations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Contractarianism (Ethics)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Contractarianism (Ethics)
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contrat -- morale -- fondements.
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contrat social -- morale -- fondements.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780199539659 |
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0199539650 |
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9780191009990 |
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0191009997 |
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9780191594908 |
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0191594903 |
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