The dialectical necessity of morality : an analysis and defense of Alan Gewirth's argument to the principle of generic consistency / Deryck Beyleveld.
By: Beyleveld, Deryck
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TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991Description: xxxviii, 523 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0226044823 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Gewirth, Alan. Reason and morality | Ethics
DDC classification: 171/.2 LOC classification: BJ1012 | .B48 1991Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only Summary: Alan Gewirth's Reason and Morality, in which he set forth the Principle of Generic Consistency, is a major work of modern ethical theory that, though much debated and highly respected, has yet to gain full acceptance. Deryck Beyleveld contends that this resistance stems from misunderstanding of the method and logical operations of Gewirth's central argument. In this book Beyleveld seeks to remedy this deficiency. His rigorous reconstruction of Gewirth's argument gives its various parts their most compelling formulation and clarifies its essential logical structure.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-498) and indexes.
Alan Gewirth's Reason and Morality, in which he set forth the Principle of Generic Consistency, is a major work of modern ethical theory that, though much debated and highly respected, has yet to gain full acceptance. Deryck Beyleveld contends that this resistance stems from misunderstanding of the method and logical operations of Gewirth's central argument. In this book Beyleveld seeks to remedy this deficiency. His rigorous reconstruction of Gewirth's argument gives its various parts their most compelling formulation and clarifies its essential logical structure.
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