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- catalog abstract ""Robert Myers presents an original moral theory that charts a course between the extremes of consequentialism and contractualism. He puts forward a radically new case for the existence of both agent-neutral and agent-relative values, and gives an innovative answer to the question how such disparate values can be weighted against each other. Practical judgement is shown to be guided in this by two very different ideals: an ideal of cooperation, which is held to shape the content of morality's demands, and one of self-governance, which is held to determine the nature of reason's requirements. Examination of the ideal of cooperation reveals that principles of impartial beneficence and rights protecting individual freedoms are equally fundamental to morality. Examination of the ideal of self-governance reveals that morality's dictates, though not necessarily overriding, are always in an important sense inescapable. The result is a theory of morality that combines a balanced account of its content with a ringing affirmation of its authority."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11337088.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Robert Myers presents an original moral theory that charts a course between the extremes of consequentialism and contractualism. He puts forward a radically new case for the existence of both agent-neutral and agent-relative values, and gives an innovative answer to the question how such disparate values can be weighted against each other. Practical judgement is shown to be guided in this by two very different ideals: an ideal of cooperation, which is held to shape the content of morality's demands, and one of self-governance, which is held to determine the nature of reason's requirements. Examination of the ideal of cooperation reveals that principles of impartial beneficence and rights protecting individual freedoms are equally fundamental to morality.".
- catalog description "Examination of the ideal of self-governance reveals that morality's dictates, though not necessarily overriding, are always in an important sense inescapable. The result is a theory of morality that combines a balanced account of its content with a ringing affirmation of its authority."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-175) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: two problems in moral philosophy -- Misgivings about consequentialism and contractualism -- Cooperating to promote the good -- Initial counter-arguments supporting value monism -- Self-government and value dualism -- Conclusion: implications for the question of morality's authority.".
- catalog extent "179 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198238398 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "171 21".
- catalog subject "BJ1012 .M94 1999".
- catalog subject "Consequentialism (Ethics)".
- catalog subject "Cooperation.".
- catalog subject "Ethics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: two problems in moral philosophy -- Misgivings about consequentialism and contractualism -- Cooperating to promote the good -- Initial counter-arguments supporting value monism -- Self-government and value dualism -- Conclusion: implications for the question of morality's authority.".
- catalog title "Self-governance and cooperation / Robert H. Myers.".
- catalog type "text".