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What reason demands /
Bittner, Rudiger
What reason demands / Rudiger Bittner ; translated by Theodore Talbot. - New York : Cambridge university press, 1989. - ix, 198 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface; 1. Why should I be moral?; 2. Should I be moral?; 3. Contracts; 4. Promising; 5. Autonomy; 6. Prudence; 7. Finitude; Notes; Bibliography; Indices
Why should we act morally? What justification is to be found in moral demands? This lucid, pithy, and eminently readable book examines the arguments in favor of the claims of moral demands to be found in contemporary ethical theory, arguments deriving from Kant's attempt to provide a foundation for morality.
9780521377102
Ethics.
170 / BIT
What reason demands / Rudiger Bittner ; translated by Theodore Talbot. - New York : Cambridge university press, 1989. - ix, 198 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface; 1. Why should I be moral?; 2. Should I be moral?; 3. Contracts; 4. Promising; 5. Autonomy; 6. Prudence; 7. Finitude; Notes; Bibliography; Indices
Why should we act morally? What justification is to be found in moral demands? This lucid, pithy, and eminently readable book examines the arguments in favor of the claims of moral demands to be found in contemporary ethical theory, arguments deriving from Kant's attempt to provide a foundation for morality.
9780521377102
Ethics.
170 / BIT