What Reason Demands

Why should we act morally? What justification is to be found in moral demands? This lucid, pithy, and eminently readable book examines the arguments in favor of the claims of moral demands to be found in contemporary ethical theory, arguments deriving from Kants attempt to provide a foundation for morality.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Why should I be moral?; 2. Should I be moral?; 3. Contracts; 4. Promising; 5. Autonomy; 6. Prudence; 7. Finitude; Notes; Bibliography; Indices.

Summary

Why should we act morally? What justification is to be found in moral demands? This lucid, pithy, and eminently readable book examines the arguments in favor of the claims of moral demands to be found in contemporary ethical theory, arguments deriving from Kant's attempt to provide a foundation for morality.

Product details

• Authors: R]diger Bittner, Rudiger Bittner
• Assisted by: Theodore Talbot (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2010
• EAN: 9780521377102
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37710-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 303 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works