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Title

The rational and the moral order : the social roots of reason and morality / Kurt Baier.

Author

Baier, Kurt.

Publication

Chicago : Open Court, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

xviii, 447 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The Paul Carus lectures ; 18th ser

Uniform Title

Paul Carus lectures ; 18th ser.

Subject

• Social sciences and ethics
• Reason

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. ]427]-434) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Three Problems for Ethical Theory. Sect. 1. The Rationality Problem. Sect. 2. The Motivation Problem. Sect. 3. Morality and Sanctions -- Pt. 1. A Theory of Reason. Ch. 1. The Concept of Reason. Sect. 1. The Right Conception of the Concept of Reason. Sect. 2. Reason in Philosophy and Common Sense. Sect. 3. The Dominant Conception. Sect. 4. Hume's Demotion of Reason in Practice. Sect. 5. The Dominant Conception of Theoretical Reason. Sect. 6. A Fresh Start. Sect. 7. Rationality. Sect. 8. Evaluation from the Rational Point of View. Sect. 9. Other Evaluative Terms from the Concept of Reason. Sect. 10. The Typology of Reason. Sect. 11. Why Follow Reason? Sect. 12. The Concept of Reason. Ch. 2. The Form of Directive Reasons -- Sect. 1. Introduction. Sect. 2. The Dimensions of Directive Reason-Statements. Sect. 3. Abstract and Concrete Reason-Statements -- Pt. 2. A Theory of Practical Reason. Ch. 3. Practical Reasons and Motives. Sect. 1. Internalism versus Externalism.
• Sect. 2. Different Types of Behavior and Their Explanations. Sect. 3. The Peculiarities of Reason Explanations. Sect. 4. Reasons and Considerations. Ch. 4. The Ground of Practical Reasons. Sect. 1. Subjective and Objective Practical Reasons. Sect. 2. Practical Reasons and the Good. Sect. 3. Points of View. Sect. 4. One's Own Good. Sect. 5. One's Own Point of View. Sect. 6. Flawed Conceptions of the Good Life. Ch. 5. Society-Anchored Reasons. Sect. 1. Abandoning the Simplifying Supposition. Sect. 2. The Rational Limitations of Good Will. Sect. 3. Prisoner's Dilemma. Sect. 4. Altruism. Sect. 5. Conditional Good Will -- Pt. 1. A Theory of Morality. Ch. 6. The Social and the Moral Order. Sect. 1. The Concept of Morality. Sect. 2. A Moral Order. Sect. 3. Mores and the Moral Order. Sect. 4. Individual and Social Moralities. Sect. 5. Moralities and Morality. Ch. 7. The Moral Enterprise. Sect. 1. The Divine Command Theory. Sect. 2. Is Our Inquiry Possible?
• Sect. 3. The Design of the Enterprise of Society-Anchored Reason. Sect. 4. The Moral Enterprise. Sect. 5. Some Corollaries. Sect. 6. The Moral Domain. Sect. 7. Why Be Moral? -- Pt. 2. From Theory to Practice. Ch. 8. The Design of Our Moral Code -- Sect. 1. Introduction. Sect. 2. The Form and Status of Moral Precepts. Sect. 3. The Basic Terminology of Our Moal Code. Sect. 4. Natural (or General) Morality. Sect. 5. Institutional (Artificial) Morality. Sect. 6. Responsibility and Desert. Sect. 7. Justice and Equity. Ch. 9. Applications. Sect. 1. The Moral Life. Sect. 2. Wrongful Death. Sect. 3. Transplant.

ISBN

• 0812692632
• 0812692640 (pbk.)

LCCN

94038462

OCLC

• 31377215
• ocm31377215

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries