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Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality

Southwood Nicholas
Heftet / 2013 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199664658
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
262 gr
Høyde
217 mm
Bredde
141 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
222

Forfatter
Southwood Nicholas

Om bidragsyterne

Dr Nicholas Southwood is a junior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford and an assistant professor in the Philosophy Program at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He works primarily in moral and political philosophy, with a particular focus on questions concerning practical reason and normativity, and has published widely in those areas.

Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality

Southwood Nicholas
Heftet / 2013 / Engelsk
Southwood Nicholas
Heftet / 2013 / Engelsk
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well worth reading ... a clear and worthwhile addition to the literature

Alan H. Goldman, Mind

contains many interesting and compelling arguments that deserve careful consideration. ... I recommend this book to all who are serious about contractualism and about what it means to provide an explanation for morality.

R. Eric Barnes, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

I believe [Southwood's arguments] are important and advance the dialogue between contractualists and their critics. In particular, I think attractive Southwood's attempt to ground moral normativity in deliberative normativity, the latter of which seems to have enough independent normative content to avoid explanatory circularity. In the end, Southwood concludes 'I hope that ... I have shown at least that deliberative contractualism is an account of morality's foundations that deserves to be given serious consideration.' Before raising criticisms, let me say that I think he has accomplished this task.

Kevin Vallier, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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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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.
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1. Introduction ; 2. The Limits of Hobbesian Contractualism ; 3. The Limits of Kantian Contractualism ; 4. The Structure of Deliberative Contractualism ; 5. The Normativity of Deliberative Contractualism ; 6. Getting Morality Right ; 7. Grounding Morality ; References
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`well worth reading ... a clear and worthwhile addition to the literature' Alan H. Goldman, Mind
Ambitious work at the foundations of morality Original new version of one of the main types of ethical theory
Dr Nicholas Southwood is a junior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford and an assistant professor in the Philosophy Program at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He works primarily in moral and political philosophy, with a particular focus on questions concerning practical reason and normativity, and has published widely in those areas.
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Ambitious work at the foundations of morality Original new version of one of the main types of ethical theory

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well worth reading ... a clear and worthwhile addition to the literature

Alan H. Goldman, Mind

contains many interesting and compelling arguments that deserve careful consideration. ... I recommend this book to all who are serious about contractualism and about what it means to provide an explanation for morality.

R. Eric Barnes, Australasian Journal of Philosophy

I believe [Southwood's arguments] are important and advance the dialogue between contractualists and their critics. In particular, I think attractive Southwood's attempt to ground moral normativity in deliberative normativity, the latter of which seems to have enough independent normative content to avoid explanatory circularity. In the end, Southwood concludes 'I hope that ... I have shown at least that deliberative contractualism is an account of morality's foundations that deserves to be given serious consideration.' Before raising criticisms, let me say that I think he has accomplished this task.

Kevin Vallier, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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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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.
Les mer
1. Introduction ; 2. The Limits of Hobbesian Contractualism ; 3. The Limits of Kantian Contractualism ; 4. The Structure of Deliberative Contractualism ; 5. The Normativity of Deliberative Contractualism ; 6. Getting Morality Right ; 7. Grounding Morality ; References
Les mer
`well worth reading ... a clear and worthwhile addition to the literature' Alan H. Goldman, Mind
Ambitious work at the foundations of morality Original new version of one of the main types of ethical theory
Dr Nicholas Southwood is a junior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford and an assistant professor in the Philosophy Program at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He works primarily in moral and political philosophy, with a particular focus on questions concerning practical reason and normativity, and has published widely in those areas.
Les mer
Ambitious work at the foundations of morality Original new version of one of the main types of ethical theory

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199664658
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Vekt
262 gr
Høyde
217 mm
Bredde
141 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
222

Forfatter
Southwood Nicholas

Om bidragsyterne

Dr Nicholas Southwood is a junior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford and an assistant professor in the Philosophy Program at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He works primarily in moral and political philosophy, with a particular focus on questions concerning practical reason and normativity, and has published widely in those areas.

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