Rational Choice and Moral Agency

by David Schmidtz

Book Overview

Is it rational to be moral? How do rationality and morality fit together with being human? These questions are at the heart of David Schmidtz's exploration of the connections between rationality and morality. This inquiry leads into both metaethics and rational choice theory, as Schmidtz develops conceptions of what it is to be moral and what it is to be rational. He defends a fairly expansive conception of rational choice, considering how ends as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691029180
• ISBN13: 9780691029184
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"