Intuition and Construction: The Foundation of Normative Theory

by T.K. Seung

Many normative theorists have advocated constructivism as a way of overcoming skepticism and nihilism. They have produced three types of constructivism that correspond to three conceptions of rationality: formal (Hare and Gewirth), instrumental (Gauthier), and ideal (Rawls). In this book, T.K. Seung examines these three types and vindicates Rawls' claim that only the constructivism of ideal rationality - which accepts Kantiam ideals as its basis -...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300057407
• ISBN13: 9780300057409
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"