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Rationality, justice and the social contract : themes from Morals by agreement.
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ISBN: 0472103946 Year: 1993 Publisher: Ann Arbor University of Michigan press

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The new social contract: essays on Gauthier
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ISBN: 0631159843 9780631159841 Year: 1988 Publisher: Oxford: Blackwell,

Practical rationality and preference : essays for David Gauthier
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ISBN: 0511570805 0521781841 0521038847 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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What are preferences and are they reasons for action? Is it rational to cooperate with others even if that entails acting against one's preferences? The dominant position in philosophy on the topic of practical rationality is that one acts so as to maximize the satisfaction of one's preferences. This view is most closely associated with the work of David Gauthier, and in this collection of essays some of the most innovative philosophers working in this field explore the controversies surrounding Gauthier's position. Several essays argue against influential conceptions of preference, while others suggest that received conceptions of rational action misidentify the normative significance of rules and practices. This collection will be of particular interest to philosophers of social theory and to reflective social scientists in such fields as economics, political science and psychology.

Contractarianism and rational choice: essays on David Gauthier's Morals by agreement
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ISBN: 0521398150 0521391342 9780521391344 9780521398152 Year: 1991 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,


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A companion to Walter Burley : late medieval logician and metaphysician
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ISBN: 9789004244610 Year: 2013 Volume: 41 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill


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A companion to Walter Burley
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ISBN: 9004244603 9789004244603 129956125X 9781299561250 9004244611 9789004244610 Year: 2013 Publisher: Boston Brill

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Until some thirty years ago, medieval scholars and historians of philosophy have not generally done justice to Walter Burley (ca. 1275-after 1344). On the one hand, he was been misconstrued as holding a mere variation of more moderate realist positions – something that is true only for the first part of his career (before 1324). On the other hand, very often his ideas were studied simply as a means to a better understanding Ockham’s theories, so dwarfing the worth and interest of Burley’s doctrines. On the contrary, in terms of rigour, originality, and influence, Burley was one of the most prominent logicians and metaphysicians of the Middle Ages. This volume, which contains thirteen substantial essays on Burley's philosophy, tries to rectify that situation. It aims to reconstruct Burley’s thought and the role it played in the development of late medieval philosophy, to situate it definitely within its historical and intellectual context, and to clarify its internal evolution. Contributors include: Fabrizio Amerini, E. Jennifer Ashworth, Laurent Cesalli, Alessandro D. Conti, Iacopo Costa, Catarina Dutilh Novaes, Marek Gensler, Elżbieta Jung, Roberto Lambertini, Cecilia Trifogli, Marta Vittorini, and Hans-Ulrich Wöhler.

Glorious eccentrics modernist women painting and writing
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ISBN: 1403965951 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York Palgrave MacMillan

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Shipwrecked on a traffic island
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ISBN: 1438454457 9781438454450 9781438454436 1438454430 1438454449 Year: 2014 Publisher: Albany

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A collection of Colette's best writings that have never before appeared in English.

Making moral sense
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ISBN: 9780511487095 9780521780230 9780521042154 0511010303 9780511010309 0511034814 9780511034817 0511487096 0521780233 1107120039 0521042151 0511050062 0511310684 0511172656 128042964X 0511151497 Year: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge New York, NY Cambridge University Press

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Is it rational to be moral? Can moral disputes be settled rationally? Which criteria determine what we have a good reason to do? In this innovative book, Logi Gunnarsson takes issue with the assumption made by many philosophers faced with the problem of reconciling moral norms with a scientific world view, namely that morality must be offered a non-moral justification based on a formal concept of rationality. He argues that the criteria for the rationality of an action are irreducibly substantive, rather than purely formal, and that assuming that morality must be given a non-moral justification amounts to a distortion of both rationality and morality. His discussion includes substantial critical engagement with major thinkers from two very different philosophical traditions, and is notable for its clear and succinct account of Habermas' discourse ethics. It will appeal to anyone interested in practical reason and the rational credentials of morality.

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