Making Moral Sense: Beyond Habermas and Gauthier

ISBN-13: 9780521780230 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 300 str.

Logi Gunnarsson (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Opis

Is it rational to be moral? Can moral disputes be settled rationally? Which criteria determine what we have a good reason to do? In this innovative book, Logi Gunnarsson takes issue with the assumptions made by many philosophers faced with the problem of reconciling moral norms with a scientific world view. His discussion includes substantial critical engagement with thinkers from two very different traditions, and is notable for its clear account of Habermas' discourse ethics. It will appeal to anyone interested in practical reason and the rational credentials of morality.

Recenzje

"...a very closely reasoned, thorough criticism of strongly formalistic accounts..." The Modern Schoolman

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. Problems: 1. The justificatory crisis of morality; 2. Alternative resolutions of the justificatory crisis; 3. Subjective reasons; 4. Substantive reasons; 5. Overcoming rationalism; Part II. Against Rationalism: 6. Gauthier's contractarianism; 7. From here to pre-social agreement; 8. Habermas' discourse ethics; 9. Discoursing about discourse; Part III. For the Substantive Approach: 10. Self-understanding and self-assessment; 11. The possibility of progress; 12. Practical arguments vs. impossibility arguments; 13. Evaluation of others; 14. Universality without neutrality; Part IV. For Particularist Substantivism: 15. Against formalism; 16. Particularist substantivism vs. list-substantivism; Appendix: transcendental vs. universal pragmatics; Bibliography; Index.