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Reason and morality
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1978.
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780226288758.pdf |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The problem of justification : Central questions of moral philosophy ; Is it needless to justify a supreme moral principle? ; Is it impossible to justify a supreme moral principle? ; Can a supreme moral principle be justified inductively? ; Reason and the generic features of action ; The dialectically necessary method
- 2. The normative structure of action : Purposiveness and goods ; Generic rights and right-claims ; The criterion of relevant similarities
- 3. The principle of generic consistency : The derivation of the principle ; The formal necessity of the principle ; The material necessity of the principle ; Analytic truth and morality ; Motivation and rationality
- 4. Direct applications of the principle : Kinds of applications and principles ; Equality of generic rights ; Common good and duties regarding basic goods ; The duty to rescue ; Duties regarding nonsubtractive goods ; Duties regarding additive goods ; Duties regarding freedom
- 5. Indirect applications of the principle : Social rules and institutions ; Optional-procedural justification of social rules: voluntary associations ; Static-instrumental justification of social rules: the minimal state ; Necessary-procedural justification of social rules: the method of consent ; Dynamic-instrumental justification of social rules: the supportive state ; The completeness of the principle ; Conflicts of duties ; Some concluding reflections.