Contractualism and the foundations of morality / / Nicholas Southwood

• Autore: Southwood Nicholas
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 171
• Soggetto topico: Contractarianism (Ethics)
• Classificazione: 08.38
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-199) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily superseded?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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Proposes a new model of contractualism based on an interpersonal, deliberative conception of practical reason which answers the twin demands of moral accuracy and explanatory adequacy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contractualism and the foundations of morality
• ISBN: 0-19-966465-X; 0-19-159490-3; 0-19-100999-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815022503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II