[PDF] Morals By Agreement eBook

Author : David Gauthier
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 1987-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191520144

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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.

Author : Peter Vallentyne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 1991-01-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521398152

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In this anthology, prominent moral and political philosophers offer a critical assessment of Gauthier's theory.

Author : David P. Gauthier
Publisher :
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Contractarianism (Ethics)
ISBN : 9780191597497

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This book defends the traditional conception of morality as a rational, impartial constraint on the pursuit of individual interest or benefit.

Author : Peter Vallentyne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 1991-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521398152

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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.

Author : David Gauthier
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 32,7 MB
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1501745794

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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.

Author : Michael Moehler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 29,78 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198785925

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Michael Moehler develops a novel multilevel social contract theory tailored to the conditions of societies that are deeply morally pluralistic. Such societies must cope with a variety of values and traditions: Moehler defines the minimal behavioral restrictions that are necessary to ensure mutually beneficial peaceful long-term cooperation.