A sensible moral rationalism / Mark Van Roojen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Roojen, Mark Steven, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rationalism.

Ethics.

ethics (philosophy).

rationalism (philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

'A Sensible Moral Rationalism' addresses the rational status of morality: whether people do in fact have sufficient reason to do what morality demands of them. The answer, according to rationalism, is yes; the reasons that make an action morally required are the same reasons that make it reasonable and rational to choose. The main obstacle to vindicating rationalism is showing that rationality generates the right content for morality - honesty, kindness, generosity and so on. Given that this content is substantive rationality must be substantive. Mark van Roojen argues that we make judgements about such rationality when we assess whether one action or belief makes more sense than another, and whether it does or doesn't is crucial both for justifying these responses and for determining the psychology of agents who might or might not be acting on various reasons and motivations.

Contents:

Why Moral Rationalism Matters

Congruence, Internal Reasons, and Anti-Humeanism

Motivating Reason Explanations as Rationalizing Teleological Explanations

Motivating Reason Explanations Are Normative Explanations

Better Substantive Reasons Make for Better Rationalizing Explanations

Two Puzzles

Metasemantics for a Rationalist Account of Morality

Rationalist Moral Epistemology

Moral Realism?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on July 7, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Van Roojen, Mark Steven. Sensible moral rationalism.

ISBN:

9780198924531

0198924534

9780198924524

0198924526

0198924542

9780198924548

OCLC:

1588794908

Publisher Number:

CIPO000389328

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license