The Sources of Normativity
- Author: Christine M. Korsgaard, Harvard University, Massachusetts
- Date Published: June 1996
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521559607
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Ethical concepts are, or purport to be, normative. They make claims on us: they command, oblige, recommend, or guide. But where does their authority over us come from? Christine Korsgaard identifies and examines four accounts of the source of normativity that have been advocated by modern moral philosophers--voluntarism, realism, reflective endorsement, and the appeal to autonomy--and shows how Kant's autonomy-based account emerges as a synthesis of the other three. Her discussion is followed by commentary from G.A. Cohen, Raymond Geuss, Thomas Nagel, and Bernard Williams, and a reply by Korsgaard.
Read more- Introduces an original account of the foundations of ethics
- Links the history of moral philosophy and contemporary philosophical discussions to each other
- Includes commentary from leading philosophers
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"The book is well worth reading..." International Studies in Philosophy
See more reviews"This book is destined to replace Kant as the ultimate formulation of Kantian ethics. It should be required reading for any philosopher and should be in every library." W.F. Desmond, Choice
"This is a book anyone working in ethics should have on the desk. It is provocative and makes original and major contributions to a defense of a Kantian ethic. The historical developments of the various strands of thought are traced out in clear and helpful style. Korsgaard's writing is itself engaging and clear and her arguments forceful and for the most part compelling. This book constitutes a major advance in ethical theory." L. W. Colter, Review of Metaphysics
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- Date Published: June 1996
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521559607
- length: 290 pages
- dimensions: 213 x 140 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.34kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Onora O'Neill
Prologue: excellence and obligation: a very concise history of western metaphysics 387 BC to 1887 AD Christine Korsgaard
1. The normative question Christine Korsgaard
2. Reflective endorsement Christine Korsgaard
3. The authority of reflection Christine Korsgaard
4. The origin of value and the scope of obligation Christine Korsgaard
5. Reason, humanity, and the moral law G. A. Cohen
6. Morality and identity Raymond Geuss
7. Universality and the reflective self Thomas Nagel
8. History, morality and the test of reflection Bernard Williams
9. Reply Christine Korsgaard
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