02788nam 22005052 450 991016389120332120161129173844.01-316-82762-31-316-82960-X1-316-82993-61-316-83026-81-316-83158-21-316-83059-41-316-81934-5(CKB)4330000000071413(MiAaPQ)EBC4732926(UkCbUP)CR9781316819340(EXLCZ)99433000000007141320160421d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReasonableness and fairness a historical theory /Christopher McMahon[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2016.1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Nov 2016).1-107-17717-0 1-316-63035-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I - The Substance of Reciprocal Concern: 1 - Fairness -- 2 - Reasonableness -- 3 - Political Morality -- Part II - The History of Reciprocal Concern: 4 - Proper Functioning and Practical Judgment -- 5 - A Historical Theory of Reasons -- 6 - Naturalism and Moral History -- 7 - The History of Political Morality -- References -- Index.We all know, or think we know, what it means to say that something is 'reasonable' or 'fair', but what exactly are these concepts and how have they evolved and changed over the course of history? In this book, Christopher McMahon explores reasonableness, fairness, and justice as central concepts of the morality of reciprocal concern. He argues that the basis of this morality evolves as history unfolds, so that forms of interaction that might have been morally acceptable in the past are judged unacceptable today. The first part of his study examines the notions of reasonableness and fairness as they are employed in ordinary practical thought, and the second part develops a constructivist theory to explain why and how this part of morality can undergo historical development without arriving at any final form. His book will interest scholars of ethics, political theory, and the history of ideas.ReasoningPolitical ethicsReasoning.Political ethics.172McMahon Christopher1945-141060UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910163891203321Reasonableness and fairness2584995UNINA