An exploration of the rational credentials of morality, informed by both analytical and Continental thought.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; Part I. Problems: 1. The justificatory crisis of morality; 2. Alternative resolutions of the justificatory crisis; 3. Subjective reasons; 4. Substantive reasons; 5. Overcoming rationalism; Part II. Against Rationalism: 6. Gauthier's contractarianism; 7. From here to pre-social agreement; 8. Habermas' discourse ethics; 9. Discoursing about discourse; Part III. For the Substantive Approach: 10. Self-understanding and self-assessment; 11. The possibility of progress; 12. Practical arguments vs. impossibility arguments; 13. Evaluation of others; 14. Universality without neutrality; Part IV. For Particularist Substantivism: 15. Against formalism; 16. Particularist substantivism vs. list-substantivism; Appendix: transcendental vs. universal pragmatics; Bibliography; Index.
