The Authority of Reason

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ISBN: 9780521556149 | 0521556147
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/28/1998

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This challenging book argues against much contemporary orthodoxy in philosophy and the social sciences by showing why objectivity in the domain of ethics is really no different from the objectivity of scientific knowledge. In the course of the book, author Jean Hampton examines moral realism, the general nature of reason and norms, internalism and externalism, instrumental reasoning, and the expected utility model of practical reasoning.

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Preface
Introduction
Part I. Science and Objective Norms: 1. Naturalism and moral reasons
2. The anatomy of a reason
3. Reasons' authority
Part II. Instrumental Reason: 4. Instrumental Reason
5. Why instrumental reasoning isn't instrumental
6. Instrumental reasoning and the methodology of science
Part III. Reasons and Reasoning: 7. Expected utility theory and instrumental reasoning
8. Expected utility theory and consequentialism
9. Toward a 'post-naturalist' theory of reasons.

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The Authority of Reason

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