TY - BOOK AU - Bittner, Rudiger AU - Talbot, Theodore TI - What reason demands SN - 9780521377102 U1 - 170 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge university press KW - Ethics N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -