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44A Critique of Scanlon's ContractualismCanadian Journal of Philosophy 52 (7): 700-713. 2022.Part of T. M. Scanlon’s project in What We Owe to Each Other (1998) is to explain the importance and priority of moral reasons. But Scanlon also argues that this priority of moral reasons is compatible with the pursuit of other things we value, such as friendship. To this end, Scanlon claims that contractualist moral reasons internally accommodate our interests in such values. In this paper, I argue that Scanlon is unsuccessful in showing the compatibility of morality and the pursuit of our othe…Read more
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University of Arkansas, FayettevilleAssistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
PhD, 2022
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Friendship |