Contractualism and the foundations of morality [electronic resource] / Nicholas Southwood.

By:

Southwood, Nicholas

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191594908 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

Contractarianism (Ethics)

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

171 22

LOC classification:

BJ1500.C65

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: Southwood assesses contractualism as an account of the foundations or ultimate grounds of morality. While sceptical about how contractualism has typically been developed, he proposes a novel 'deliberative' version of contractualism, which he argues has the resources to offer an account of morality's foundations.

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Southwood assesses contractualism as an account of the foundations or ultimate grounds of morality. While sceptical about how contractualism has typically been developed, he proposes a novel 'deliberative' version of contractualism, which he argues has the resources to offer an account of morality's foundations.

Includes bibliographical references.

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