The Authority of Reason - Couverture souple

Hampton, Jean E.

 
9780521556149: The Authority of Reason
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521556147 ISBN 13 : 9780521556149
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This challenging and provocative 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. Many philosophers and social scientists have challenged the idea that we act for objectively authoritative reasons. Jean Hampton takes up the challenge by undermining two central assumptions of this contemporary orthodoxy: that one can understand instrumental reasons without appeal to objective authority, and that the adoption of the scientific world view requires no such appeal. In the course of the book 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. The book is sure to prove to be a seminal work in the theory of rationality that will be read by a broad swathe of philosophers and social scientists.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This challenging and provocative 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. Many philosophers and social scientists have challenged the idea that we act for objectively authoritative reasons. Jean Hampton takes up the challenge by undermining two central assumptions of this contemporary orthodoxy: that one can understand instrumental reasons without appeal to objective authority, and that the adoption of the scientific world view requires no such appeal. In the course of the book 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. The book is sure to prove to be a seminal work in the theory of rationality that will be read by a broad swathe of philosophers and social scientists.

Revue de presse

The Authority of Reason that philosophers working in meta-ethics and decision theory will find of interest.' The Philosophical Quarterly

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521556147
ISBN 13 
9780521556149
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
324
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521554282: The Authority of Reason

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521554284 ISBN 13 :  9780521554282
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1998
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