Making Moral Judgements and Giving Reasons [Book Review]

Canadian Journal of Philosophy 31 (2):263-289 (2001)
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This essay provides a critical notice of T.M. Scanlon's book _What We Owe to Each Other. Special attention is given to assessing the success of Scanlon's theory of practical rationality as it provides a basis for his account of value and his contractualist moral theory.

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10.1080/00455091.2001.10717568

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