Two Gauthiers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5043922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duncan Macintosh (Dalhousie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-62 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300015584 |
| OpenAlex | W4255228345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
In outline, at least, the major argument of David Gauthier's,Morals By Agreementis quite clear: it is rational to acquire a disposition to moral behaviour with those similarly disposed because having it gives one the highest practically attainable utility in interactions with them. Once one has acquired such a disposition, a disposition which constrains one's individual maximization of the satisfaction of one's preferences (i.e., a Constrained Maximizer or "CM" disposition), it is rational to act morally towards similar agents. He thus takes himself to have constructed from instrumental rationality alone, a justification of voluntary compliance with moral principles. He appears to have shown that it is instrumentally rational for free and uncoerced agents to perform moral actions
Argument (complex analysis) · Disposition · Economics · Epistemology · Maximization · Neoclassical economics · Positive economics · Rational agent · Rationality · Chemistry · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2013 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |