Contractualism and the foundations of morality /
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.
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Table of 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 ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily superseded?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.