Rationality, Rules, and Ideals Critical Essays on Bernard Gert's Moral Theory

by Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter; Audi, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780742513167
• ISBN10: 0742513165
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

A collection of essays by prestigious authors discussing the work of Bernard Gert, Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Scope and Structure of the Essays: A Short Introduction	1	(4)
Robert Audi
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Precis of Morality: Its Nature and Justification	5	(12)
Bernard Gert
Part I: Justification and Method
Justification in Bernard Gert's Moral Theory	17	(14)
Ernst Tugendhat
Gert's Moral Theory and Discourse Ethics	31	(20)
Matthias Kettner
On the Relevance of Ignorance to the Demands of Morality	51	(22)
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord
Part II: Rationality and Reasons
Reasons and Rationality in the Moral Philosophy of Bernard Gert	73	(16)
Robert Audi
Gert on Reasons, Rationality, Harms, and Lists	89	(20)
David Copp
Bernard Gert's Complex Hybrid Conception of Rationality	109	(18)
Michael Smith
Part III: Consequences and Rules
Gert on Aid to Others	127	(18)
Shelly Kagan
Gert contra Consequentialism	145	(20)
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
The Role of Rules	165	(16)
Susan Wolf
Part IV: Ideals and Goods
Moral Ideals	181	(18)
John Deigh
Accentuate the Negative: Negative Values, Moral Theory, and Common Sense	199	(16)
Douglas MacLean
A Note on Harms and Evils in Gert's Moral Theory	215	(4)
F. M. Kamm
Is the Lessening of Evil the Only Goal of Morality? A Role for Eudaimonia in Gert's Moral System	219	(12)
E. J. Bond
Part V: Virtue and Character
Rules and Virtues	231	(12)
Julia Driver
Character, Immorality, and Punishment	243	(18)
Marcia Baron
Part VI: Reply
Replies to My Critics	261	(56)
Bernard Gert
Index	317	(8)
About the Contributors	325