What Reason Demands

Klappentext This book examines the arguments in favor of moral demands in contemporary ethical theory. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: R]diger Bittner, Rudiger Bittner, Ruediger Bittner, Bittner Rudiger
• Assisted by: Theodore Talbot (Translation), Talbot Theodore (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.1989
• EAN: 9780521352154
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35215-4
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy