Morals by Agreement

by David Gauthier and David P. Gauthier

Book Overview

Are moral principles actually principles of rational choice? Starting from the view that it is rational always to choose what will give one the greatest expectation of value or utility--and the common counter-claim that this procedure, applied in many situations, will actually leave peopleworse off than need be--Gauthier instead proposes a principle of cooperation whereby each must choose in accordance with a principle to which all can agree. He shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019824746X
• ISBN13: 9780198247463
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages