The Authority of Reason

ISBN-13: 9780521556149 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 324 str.

Richard A. Healey; Jean E. Hampton

Opis

This challenging and provocative book argues against much contemporary orthodoxy in philosophy and the social sciences by showing why objectivity in the domain of ethics is really no different from the objectivity of scientific knowledge. In the course of the book Jean Hampton examines moral realism, the general nature of reason and norms, internalism and externalism, instrumental reasoning, and the expected utility model of practical reasoning. The book should prove to be a seminal work in the theory of rationality that will be read by a broad swathe of philosophers and social scientists.

Recenzje

The Authority of Reason that philosophers working in meta-ethics and decision theory will find of interest.' The Philosophical Quarterly

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Science and Objective Norms: 1. Naturalism and moral reasons; 2. The anatomy of a reason; 3. Reasons' authority; Part II. Instrumental Reason: 4. Instrumental Reason; 5. Why instrumental reasoning isn't instrumental; 6. Instrumental reasoning and the methodology of science; Part III. Reasons and Reasoning: 7. Expected utility theory and instrumental reasoning; 8. Expected utility theory and consequentialism; 9. Toward a 'post-naturalist' theory of reasons.