{"product_id":"practical-rules-when-we-need-them-and-when-we-dont-hardback-9780521807296","title":"Practical Rules; When We Need Them and When We Don't (Hardback) 9780521807296","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePractical Rules\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhen We Need Them and When We Don't\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book attempts to systematically clarify when rules should and should not be followed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan H. Goldman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521807296, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 September 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Goldman makes his argument in a clear and convincing manner and successfully provides us with a model for moral reasoning that takes into account the differences between decision-making in the public sphere, in which rule-following is essential, and ordinary individual decision-making, in which rule following is not helpful but in which moral guidance is, nevertheless, still available to moral agents.\" - Marina P. Banchetti-Robino, Florida Atlantic University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRules proliferate; some are kept with a bureaucratic stringency bordering on the absurd, while others are manipulated and ignored in ways that injure our sense of justice. Under what conditions should we make exceptions to rules, and when should they be followed despite particular circumstances? The two dominant models in the literature on rules are the particularist account and that which sees the application of rules as normative. Taking a position that falls between these two extremes, Alan Goldman provides a systematic framework to clarify when we need to follow rules in our moral, legal and prudential decisions, and when we ought not to do so. The book distinguishes among various types of rules; it illuminates concepts such as integrity, self-interest and self-deception; and finally, it provides an account of ordinary moral reasoning without rules. This book will be of great interest to advanced students and professionals working in philosophy, law, decision theory and the social sciences.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Moral Rules: 1. Outline of the task\u003cbr\u003e 2. Types of rules: dispensable and indispensable\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ordinary moral consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rules as second-best strategies\u003cbr\u003e 5. The justification of rules: strong and weak\u003cbr\u003e 6. Interpretation of weak rules\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Prudential Rules: 7. Moral and prudential rules compared\u003cbr\u003e 8. Second-order prudential rules: optimizing\u003cbr\u003e 9. A prudential rule to be moral\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Legal Rules: 10. Classification\u003cbr\u003e 11. The descriptive question: Hart, Dworkin and others\u003cbr\u003e 12. The descriptive question: sources of law\u003cbr\u003e 13. The normative question\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Moral Reasoning without Rules: 14. The inadequacy of particularism\u003cbr\u003e 15. Coherence\u003cbr\u003e 16. The reasoning process reviewed\u003cbr\u003e 17. Objections\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: logic [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: logic\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20logic%20%5BHPL%5D%22\"\u003eHPL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265123635480,"sku":"9780521807296","price":47.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521807296i.jpg?v=1692019701","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/practical-rules-when-we-need-them-and-when-we-dont-hardback-9780521807296","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}