Chris Tucker

The Weight of Reasons (eBook, ePUB)

A Framework for Ethics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In The Weight of Reasons, Chris Tucker offers a comprehensive approach to weighing reasons, proposing a new model, Dual Scale, that illuminates how reasons interact to determine whether an action is permissible, required, and/or supererogatory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197786949
• Artikelnr.: 73312275

Autorenporträt

Chris Tucker is the Francis S. Haserot Professor of Philosophy at William & Mary. He specializes in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of religion. He is the editor of Seemings and Justification: New Essays on Dogmatism and Phenomenal Conservatism (Oxford University Press, 2013) and has published more than 30 articles and chapters.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I. Weighty Matters
* Chapter 1: Minding the Metaphors of Weight and Weighing
* Chapter 2: A Holist Balance Scale
* Part II. From Single to Dual Scale
* Chapter 3: The Representational Limits of Single Scale
* Chapter 4: The Representational Power of Dual Scale
* Chapter 5: Weighing Reasons Against
* Part III. Ethical Puzzles Resolved
* Chapter 6: Against Weight Monism
* Chapter 7: Moral Options and the Normative Significance of Small
Improvements
* Chapter 8: The All or Nothing Ranking Reversal and the Unity of
Morality
* Part IV. Wrapping Up
* Chapter 9: Modeling Requirement for Any Number of Options
* 10: Conclusion