LEADER 04539nam 22006615 450 001 9910483088803321 005 20200919154847.0 010 $a3-319-04262-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-04262-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000093947 035 $a(EBL)1697910 035 $a(OCoLC)875001576 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001187363 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11664924 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001187363 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11243991 035 $a(PQKB)10426394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1697910 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-04262-6 035 $a(PPN)177825057 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000093947 100 $a20140310d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMoral Contract Theory and Social Cognition $eAn Empirical Perspective /$fby Peter Timmerman 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aTheory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science,$x0921-3384 ;$v48 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-04261-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements.- I Introduction.- 1 The Practicability Assumption -- 2 Contract Theory and Perspective-Taking -- 3 Perspective-Taking in Moral Judgment.- 4 Perspective-Taking Accuracy and the Contract Test.- 5 How to Use a Contract Test -- II The Translucency Assumption.- 6 Contract Theory and Translucency.- 7 Translucency and the Irrationality of Straightforward Maximization.- 8 Why Not Be an Opportunist?.- 9 When Constrained Maximization is Rational -- 10 Conclusions.- Appendix.-  Index. 330 $aThis interdisciplinary work draws on research from psychology and behavioral economics to evaluate the plausibility of moral contract theory. In a compelling manner with implications for moral theory more broadly, the author?s novel approach resolves a number of key contingencies in contractarianism and contractualism. Acting in accordance with principles that we could all agree to under certain conditions requires that agents are capable of taking up the perspectives of others. Research in social and developmental psychology shows just how challenging this can be. The author discusses in detail what implications findings on perspective-taking have for contract theory. He concludes with cautious optimism that, despite our limitations, it lies within our power to become better at perspective-taking and to adopt a contractarian or contractualist mode of moral thinking. This does however require us to be much more attentive to the standpoints of others than we tend to be.  Contract theorists also assume that agents can be moved to comply with principles that would be the object of agreement, with some arguing they can be so moved out of their own interest. The book show that, in contrast to the suspicion of many philosophers, this idea is largely supported by research on the dynamics of trust and our ability to distinguish trustworthy from untrustworthy others. Bringing a welcome dose of realism to the debate on contract theory, the author shows the value of assessing moral theories from an empirical perspective. 410 0$aTheory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science,$x0921-3384 ;$v48 606 $aEthics 606 $aPsychology, Industrial 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aEthics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E14000 606 $aIndustrial and Organizational Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20030 606 $aPolitical Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E37000 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aPsychology, Industrial. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aEthics. 615 24$aIndustrial and Organizational Psychology. 615 24$aPolitical Philosophy. 676 $a170 676 $a171.2 676 $a171/.2 700 $aTimmerman$b Peter$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01106466 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483088803321 996 $aMoral Contract Theory and Social Cognition$92850067 997 $aUNINA