Reasons and Recognition: Essays on the Philosophy of T.M. Scanlon
R. Jay Wallace, Rahul Kumar, and Samuel Freeman
Abstract
A collection of fifteen new papers on themes from the philosophy of T. M. Scanlon. The contributions include discussions of issues in metaethics and the theory of value (reasons and reasoning, valuing, desire and action); normative ethics (contractualism, aggregation, promising, tolerance); political philosophy (conservatism, global justice, freedom of expression, distribution), and the theory of responsibility (psychopathy, blame, and opprobrium). Contributors: Christine M. Korsgaard, Samuel Scheffler, Niko Kolodny, Michael Smith, Pamela Hieronymi, Rahul Kumar, Seana Valentine Shiffrin, Angel ... More
A collection of fifteen new papers on themes from the philosophy of T. M. Scanlon. The contributions include discussions of issues in metaethics and the theory of value (reasons and reasoning, valuing, desire and action); normative ethics (contractualism, aggregation, promising, tolerance); political philosophy (conservatism, global justice, freedom of expression, distribution), and the theory of responsibility (psychopathy, blame, and opprobrium). Contributors: Christine M. Korsgaard, Samuel Scheffler, Niko Kolodny, Michael Smith, Pamela Hieronymi, Rahul Kumar, Seana Valentine Shiffrin, Angela M. Smith, G. A. Cohen, Charles R. Beitz, Joshua Cohen, Aaron James, Gary Watson, Susan Wolf, and R. Jay Wallace. Together, the papers contribute to a deeper understanding of Scanlon’s views, while advancing the discussion of the important issues addressed in his ground-breaking work.
Keywords:
Scanlon,
reason,
value,
action,
contractualism,
aggregation,
promising,
tolerance,
conservatism,
global justice,
free speech,
distribution,
responsibility,
blame
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199753673 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2012 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199753673.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
R. Jay Wallace, editor
University of California, Berkeley
Rahul Kumar, editor
Queen's University, Canada
Samuel Freeman, editor
University of Pennsylvania
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