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Value and Justification: The Foundations of Liberal Theory

By Gerald F. Gaus

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0521397332, 9780521397339
LCC
BD232 .G38 1990
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31198698 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Pages
560\556
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This important new book takes as its points of departure two questions: What is the nature of valuing? and What morality can be justified in a society that deeply disagrees on what is truly valuable? In Part One, the author develops a theory of value that attempts to reconcile reason with passions. Part Two explores how this theory of value grounds our commitment to moral action. The author argues that rational moral action can neither be seen as a way of simply maximising one's own values, nor derived from reason independent of one's values. Rather, our commitment to the moral point of view is presupposed by our value systems. The book concludes with a defense of liberal political morality.

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