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Morals By Agreement
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Author : David Gauthier
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1987-05-21
Morals By Agreement written by David Gauthier and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-05-21 with Philosophy categories.
In this book the author argues that moral principles are principles of rational choice. According to the usual view of choice, a rational person selects what is likely to give the greatest expectation of value or utility. But in many situations, if each person chooses in this way, everyone will be worse off than need be. Instead, Professor Gauthier proposes a principle whereby choice is made on an agreed basis of co-operation, rather than according to what would give the individual the greatest expectation of value. He shows that such a principle not only ensures mutual benefit and fairness, thus satisfying the standards of morality, but also that each person may actually expect greater utility by adhering to morality, even though the choice did not have that end primarily in view. In resolving what may appear to be a paradox, the author establishes morals on the firm foundation of reason.
Contractarianism And Rational Choice
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Author : Peter Vallentyne
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1991-01-25
Contractarianism And Rational Choice written by Peter Vallentyne and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-25 with Philosophy categories.
David Gauthier's Morals by Agreement (1986) is the most complete and suggestive contractarian theory of morality since the work of Rawls. In this anthology a number of prominent moral and political philosophers offer a critical assessment of Gauthier's theory and its three main projects: developing a contractarian foundation for morality, defending a theory of rational choice, and supporting the claim that rationality requires one to keep one's agreements. An introduction sets out Gauthier's project, while Gauthier himself has the last word, responding to the critiques. This collection will interest moral and political philosophers, social theorists, and specialists in the philosophy and theory of law as well as management sciences.
Morals By Agreement
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Author : David P. Gauthier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Morals By Agreement written by David P. Gauthier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Contractarianism (Ethics) categories.
This book defends the traditional conception of morality as a rational, impartial constraint on the pursuit of individual interest or benefit.
Morals By Agreement
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Author : David Peter Gauthier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
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Morals By Agreement
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Author : David Gauthier
language : en
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Release Date : 1988
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Rationality Justice And The Social Contract
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Author : David P. Gauthier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Rationality Justice And The Social Contract written by David P. Gauthier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Choice (Psychology) categories.
Here a group of philosophers, economists and political theorists discuss the work of David Gauthier, which seeks to show that rational individuals would accept certain moral constraints on their choices. The possibilities and limitations of a contractarian approach to issues of justice is analyzed.
Moral Dealing
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Author : David Gauthier
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-15
Moral Dealing written by David Gauthier and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-15 with Philosophy categories.
David Gauthier is one of the most outstanding and influential philosophers working in moral theory today, and his book Morals by Agreement (1986) has established him as a preeminent defender of contractarian moral theory. This volume brings together a selection of his best essays on contractarianism, many of which have become difficult to find.
The Moral Wager
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Author : Malcolm Murray
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-05-05
The Moral Wager written by Malcolm Murray and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-05 with Philosophy categories.
In the following chapters, I offer an evolutionary account of morality and from that extrapolate a version of contractarianism I call consent theory. Game theory helps to highlight the evolution of morality as a resolution of interpersonal conflicts under strategic negotiation. It is this emphasis on strategic negotiation that underwrites the idea of consent. Consent theory differs from other contractarian models by abandoning reliance on rational self-interest in favour of evolutionary adaptation. From this, more emphasis will be placed on consent as natural convergence rather than consent as an idealization. My picture of contractarianism, then, ends up looking more like the relativist model offered by Harman, rather than the rational (or pseudo-rational) model offered by Gauthier, let alone the Kantian brands of Rawls or Scanlon. So at least some of my discussion will dwell on why it is no loss to abandon hope for the universal, categorical morality that rational models promise. In the introduction, I offer the betting analogy that underwrites the remaining picture. There are some bets where the expected utility is positive, though the odds of winning on this particular occasion are exceedingly low. In such cases, we cannot hope to give an argument that taking the bet is rational. The only thing we can say is that those predisposed to take this kind of bet on these kinds of occasions will do better than those with other dispositions, so long as such games occur often enough.
Contractarianism And Rational Choice
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Author : Peter Vallentyne
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1991-01-25
Contractarianism And Rational Choice written by Peter Vallentyne and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-25 with Law categories.
In this anthology, prominent moral and political philosophers offer a critical assessment of Gauthier's theory.
Value Welfare And Morality
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Author : Raymond Gillespie Frey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-10-07
Value Welfare And Morality written by Raymond Gillespie Frey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-07 with Philosophy categories.
Addressing critical issues in normative ethical theory, a subject of considerable controversy in contemporary ethics, these original essays provide an overview, analysis, and attempted resolution of the controversies which have arisen in part because of the current reconsideration of utilitarianism.
