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.

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