Contractualism and the foundations of morality /
Nicholas Southwood.
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-199) and index.
Introduction. Contractualism ; Morality's foundations ; Method ; Outline -- The limits of Hobbesian contractualism. Gauthier's Hobbesian contractualism ; The normativity objection ; The impartiality objection ; Summary -- The limits of Kantian contractualism. Scanlon's Kantian contractualism ; The circularity objection ; The non-fundamentality objection ; Summary -- The structure of deliberative contractualism. Deliberative rationality ; Inputs to deliberation ; Output : a common code to live by ; Inclusion broad and narrow ; Summary -- The normativity of deliberative contractualism. Instrumentalism, substantivism, rational formalis ; Deliberative citizenship and the interpersonal point of view ; Relational formalism : reasons of deliberative citizenship ; Answering the critics ; Summary -- Getting morality right. Does deliberative contractualism get moarlity's intensional character right? ; Does deliberative contractualism get morality's extensional character right? ; Summary -- Grounding morality. Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily backwards? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily superseded? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily epiphenomenal? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily circular? ; Is deliberative contractualism explanatorily non-fundamental? ; Conclusion.
Proposes a new model of contractualism based on an interpersonal, deliberative conception of practical reason which answers the twin demands of moral accuracy and explanatory adequacy.