What we owe to each other

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What we owe to each other

T.M. Scanlon

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998

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Note

Book based on material presented at meetings and colloquiums; several chapters have been previously published in various journals

"Notes": p. [375]-408

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-416) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? This text offers answers to these questions, and explores the views and values behind them.

Table of Contents

Introduction Reasons and Values Reasons Values Well-Being Right and Wrong Wrongness and Reasons The Structure of Contractualism Responsibility Promises Relativism Appendix: Williams on Internal and External Reasons Notes Bibliography Index

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  • NCID
    BA40718018
  • ISBN
    • 0674950895
  • LCCN
    98023318
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, Mass. ; London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 420 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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