Rational rules : towards a theory of moral learning / Shaun Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Shaun, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Normativity (Ethics).

Moral education.

Moral development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : all illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Towards a theory of moral learning

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Rational Rules' argues that moral learning can be understood in terms of general-purpose rational learning procedures. Nichols provides statistical learning accounts of some fundamental aspects of moral development, combining aspects of traditional empiricist and rationalist approaches.

Contents:

Part I: Rationality and Rules

Chapter 1: Rationality and Morality: Setting the Stage

Chapter 2: The Wrong and the Bad: On the Nature of Moral Representations

Part II: Statistical Learning of Norm Systems

Chapter 3: Scope

Chapter 4: Priors

Chapter 5: Closure

Chapter 6: Status

Part III: Philosophical Implications

Chapter 7: Moral Empiricism

Chapter 8: Rational Rules and Normative Propriety

Chapter 9: Rationalism, Universalism, and Relativism

Chapter 10: Is It Rational to Be Moral?

References

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-190566-6

0-19-264019-4

0-19-264020-8