Rationality, Rules, and Ideals Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory

, by Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter; Audi, Robert

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ISBN: 9780742513174 | 0742513173
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Copyright: 12/28/2002

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A collection of essays by prestigious authors discussing the work of Bernard Gert, Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College.

Preface

vii

The Scope and Structure of the Essays: A Short Introduction

(4)

Robert Audi

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Precis of Morality: Its Nature and Justification

(12)

Bernard Gert

Part I: Justification and Method

Justification in Bernard Gert's Moral Theory

(14)

Ernst Tugendhat

Gert's Moral Theory and Discourse Ethics

(20)

Matthias Kettner

On the Relevance of Ignorance to the Demands of Morality

(22)

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord

Part II: Rationality and Reasons

Reasons and Rationality in the Moral Philosophy of Bernard Gert

(16)

Robert Audi

Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists

(20)

David Copp

Bernard Gert's Complex Hybrid Conception of Rationality

109

(18)

Michael Smith

Part III: Consequences and Rules

Gert on Aid to Others

127

(18)

Shelly Kagan

Gert contra Consequentialism

145

(20)

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

The Role of Rules

165

(16)

Susan Wolf

Part IV: Ideals and Goods

Moral Ideals

181

(18)

John Deigh

Accentuate the Negative: Negative Values, Moral Theory, and Common Sense

199

(16)

Douglas MacLean

A Note on Harms and Evils in Gert's Moral Theory

215

(4)

F. M. Kamm

Is the Lessening of Evil the Only Goal of Morality? A Role for Eudaimonia in Gert's Moral System

219

(12)

E. J. Bond

Part V: Virtue and Character

Rules and Virtues

231

(12)

Julia Driver

Character, Immorality, and Punishment

243

(18)

Marcia Baron

Part VI: Reply

Replies to My Critics

261

(56)

Bernard Gert

Index

317

(8)

About the Contributors

325

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