Ideal of Rationality A Defense, Within Reason
, by Nathanson, StephenNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780812692617 | 0812692616
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/19/1999
The Ideal of Rationality presents an evaluation of all the main varieties of rationalism, in clear and jargon-free language. Different notions of rationality - such as means-end, conception, hedonism, and the evil-avoidance view - are examined and rejected, in favor of the theory that to act rationally is to 'act for the best', a theory Nathanson characterizes as "critical pluralism." Among present-day thinkers whose ideas are scrutinized are Richard Brandt, Bernard Gert, Gilbert Harman, John Kekes, Robert Nozick, Karl Popper, and John Rawls.