Reason, justification, and contractualism : themes from Scanlon / edited by Markus Stepanians and Michael Frauchiger,

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frauchiger, Michael, editor.

Stepanians, Markus S., editor.

Series:

Lauener library of analytical philosophy ; 7.

Lauener library of analytical philosophy ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scanlon, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.

Scanlon, Thomas.

Reason.

Justification (Ethics).

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x,160 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021.

Summary:

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.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Instead of an introduction: Scanlon's project

Deontological communitarianism. laudation for thomas m. scanlon

Contractualism and justification

Justification fundamentalism: a discourse-theoretical interpretation of Scanlon's contractualism

On how to explain rational motivation: where internalism and externalism meet

Moral reality and moral progress

Equality of opportunity and justified inequalities: how the family can be on equality's side

Improving scanlon's contractualism

Substantive responsibility and the causal thesis

Responses to Forst, Mantel, Nagel, Olsaretti, Parfit, and Stemplowska

Words of thanks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-073367-6