Reason, Justification, and Contractualism

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Reason, Justification, and Contractualism

Themes from Scanlon

Edited by: Markus Stepanians and Michael Frauchiger

Volume 7 in the series Lauener Library of Analytical Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733679

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About this book

This book collects major original essays developed from lectures given at the award of the Lauener Prize 2016 to T. M. Scanlon for his outstanding oeuvre in Analytical philosophy. In "Contractualism and Justification," Scanlon identifies some difficulties in his theory and explores possible ways to deal with them. In "Improving Scanlon’s Contractualism," D. Parfit recommends revisions and extensions of Scanlon’s theory, while R. Forst suggests in "Justification Fundamentalism" that Scanlon may want to replace reason with justification as his foundational concept. T. Nagel raises fundamental questions concerning "Moral Reality and Moral Progress," and S. Mantel offers in "On How to Explain Rational Motivation" a critical discussion of Scanlon’s cognitivist theory of motivation. Z. Stemplowska does the same for Scanlon’s conception of responsibility in "Substantive Responsibility and the Causal Thesis," and S. Olsaretti suggests in "Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities" an alternative to Scanlon’s arguments against economic inequalities. All contributors receive extensive replies by Scanlon. For anyone interested in Scanlon’s seminal work in moral and political philosophy, the present volume is utterly indispensable.

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Markus Stepanians, University of Bern, and Michael Frauchiger, Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy, Bern, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Brief Book Overview Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Instead of an Introduction: Scanlon’s Project Markus Stepanians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Deontological Communitarianism. Laudation for Thomas M. Scanlon Rainer Forst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Contractualism and Justification T. M. Scanlon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Justification Fundamentalism: A Discourse-Theoretical Interpretation of Scanlon’s Contractualism Rainer Forst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
On How to Explain Rational Motivation: Where Internalism and Externalism Meet Susanne Mantel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Moral Reality and Moral Progress Thomas Nagel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Equality of Opportunity and Justified Inequalities: How the Family Can Be on Equality’s Side Serena Olsaretti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Improving Scanlon’s Contractualism Derek Parfit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Substantive Responsibility and the Causal Thesis Zofia Stemplowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Responses to Forst, Mantel, Nagel, Olsaretti, Parfit, and Stemplowska T. M. Scanlon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Words of Thanks Susanne Mantel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Moral and political philosophers, practical philosophers, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 160
Illustrations
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Scanlon; T. M.; contractualism; justification; normative cognitivism

eBook

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110733679

Hardcover

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110738438