Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199539650
ISBN-13
9780199539659
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 4th, 2010
Print length
222 Pages
Weight
408 grams
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22.40 x 15.40 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Ethics & moral philosophy
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Nicholas 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 attractive and compelling account of morality's foundations.
Contractualism has a venerable history and considerable appeal. Yet as an account of the foundations or ultimate grounds of morality it has been thought by many philosophers to be subject to fatal objections. In this book Nicholas Southwood argues otherwise. Beginning by detailing and diagnosing the shortcomings of the existing "Hobbesian" and "Kantian" models of contractualism, he then proposes a novel "deliberative" model, based on an interpersonal, deliberative conception of practical reason. He argues that the deliberative model of contractualism represents an attractive alternative to its more familiar rivals and that it has the resources to offer a more compelling account of morality''s foundations, one that does justice to the twin demands of moral accuracy and explanatory adequacy.
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