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A Scientific Approach to EthicsContractarianism and Rational Choice

A Scientific Approach to Ethics: Contractarianism and Rational Choice [In this chapter we will survey the rational choice approaches for normative ethics developed in the second part of the twentieth century. Some of these approaches belong to contractarian ethics but our main focus will be not on a social contract but on rational choice. We will survey and evaluate the contributions of several prominent thinkers (Rawls, Nozick, Sen, Harsanyi, and Scanlon) from the lens of the scientific approach to ethics to demonstrate that its principles have a crucial importance to the progress on normative ethics.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Scientific Approach to EthicsContractarianism and Rational Choice

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
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978-3-319-69112-1
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95 –118
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10.1007/978-3-319-69113-8_6
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[In this chapter we will survey the rational choice approaches for normative ethics developed in the second part of the twentieth century. Some of these approaches belong to contractarian ethics but our main focus will be not on a social contract but on rational choice. We will survey and evaluate the contributions of several prominent thinkers (Rawls, Nozick, Sen, Harsanyi, and Scanlon) from the lens of the scientific approach to ethics to demonstrate that its principles have a crucial importance to the progress on normative ethics.]

Published: Dec 28, 2017

Keywords: contractarian ethics; rational choice; veil of ignorance; Rawls; Nozick; Gauthier; Scanlon

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