What Reason Demands

This book examines the arguments in favor of moral demands in contemporary ethical theory.

Rudiger Bittner (Author), Theodore Talbot (Translated by)

9780521352154, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 April 1989

212 pages
21.6 x 13.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.372 kg

'This is an eminently well-argued book. The translation by Theodore Talbot is almost invariably fluent.' Review of Metaphysics

Why should we act morally? What justification is to be found in moral demands? This lucid, pithy, and eminently readable book examines the arguments in favor of the claims of moral demands to be found in contemporary ethical theory, arguments deriving from Kant's attempt to provide a foundation for morality.

Preface
1. Why should I be moral?
2. Should I be moral?
3. Contracts
4. Promising
5. Autonomy
6. Prudence
7. Finitude
Notes
Bibliography
Indices.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]