From Rationality to Equality

by James P. Sterba

Most contemporary moral and political philosophers would like to have an argument showing that morality is rationally required. In From Rationality to Equality, James P. Sterba provides just such an argument and further shows that morality, so justified, requires substantial equality. His argument from rationality to morality is based on the principle of non-question-beggingness and has two forms. The first assumes that the egoist is willing to argue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199580766
• ISBN13: 9780199580767
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"