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Ethics --- Justice --- Reason --- Social contract --- Gauthier, David P.

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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.

Practical reason. --- Preferences (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Practical rationality --- Practical reasoning --- Rationality, Practical --- Reasoning, Practical --- Reason --- Gauthier, David P. --- Arts and Humanities

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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.

Ethics --- Reason --- Mind --- Intellect --- Rationalism --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Ethics. --- Reason. --- Habermas, Jürgen. --- Gauthier, David P. --- Habermas, Jürgen --- Habŏmasŭ, Wirŭgen --- Habŏmasŭ --- Khabermas, I︠U︡. --- Khabermas, I︠U︡rgen --- Ha-pei-ma-ssu, Yu-erh-ken --- Habeimasi --- הברמאס, יורגן --- יורגן הברמס --- 哈贝马斯 --- Arts and Humanities --- Acqui 2006