On What We Owe to Each Other
Ratio Special Issues
1. Edition June 2004
152 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-1921-4
John Wiley & Sons
Five leading moral philosophers assess various aspects of T.M.
Scanlon's moral theory as laid out in his seminal work,
What We Owe to Each Other.
* * An assessment of T.M. Scanlon's seminal work What We
Owe to Each Other.
* * Written by five leading moral philosophers.
* * Contributes to debates initiated by Scanlon on value theory,
normative ethics, and metaethics.
* * Includes a response by T.M. Scanlon in which he clarifies and
develops his views.
Introduction.
1. Constructivism vs. Contractualism. (Onora O'Neill).
2. Scanlon on Well-Being. (Jonathan Wolff).
3. Numbers, With and Without Contractualism. (Joseph Raz).
4. Justifiability to Each Person. (Derek Parfit).
5. The Limits of Moral Constructivism. (Mark Timmons).
6. Replies. (T. M. Scanlon).
Index.
1. Constructivism vs. Contractualism. (Onora O'Neill).
2. Scanlon on Well-Being. (Jonathan Wolff).
3. Numbers, With and Without Contractualism. (Joseph Raz).
4. Justifiability to Each Person. (Derek Parfit).
5. The Limits of Moral Constructivism. (Mark Timmons).
6. Replies. (T. M. Scanlon).
Index.
Philip Stratton-Lake is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the
University of Reading. He has published widely on Kant,
intuitionism and metaethics. He is the author of Kant, Duty and
Moral Worth (2000) and editor of Ethical Intuitionism:
Re-evaluations (2002).
University of Reading. He has published widely on Kant,
intuitionism and metaethics. He is the author of Kant, Duty and
Moral Worth (2000) and editor of Ethical Intuitionism:
Re-evaluations (2002).