Reason and Morality
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Author | Alan Gewirth |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Ethics |
Published | 1978 |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 401 (paperback edition) |
ISBN | 978-0226288765 |
Reason and Morality is a 1978 book about ethics by Alan Gewirth.
Summary
Gewirth attempts to develop a stringently rational foundation for morality. His central argument begins with a claim that every rational agent must accept, which is that he or she must have freedom and well-being. Gewirth claims that when the implications of this claim are fully worked out, it follows that every rational agent must also accept the claim that all prospective purposive agents have a moral right to freedom and well-being.[1]
Influence
Reason and Morality is the work for which Gewirth is best known.[1]
References
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sterba 2005. p. 339.
Bibliography
- Books
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