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Sources of Normativity

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ISBN-10: 052155960X

ISBN-13: 9780521559607

Edition: 1996

Authors: Christine M. Korsgaard, Onora O'Neill

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Ethical concepts are, or purport to be, normative. But where does their authority over us come from? Korsgaard identifies 4 accounts of the source of normativity, traces their history and compares their early and contemporary versions.
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Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/28/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.39" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Introduction
The normative question
Reflective endorsement
The authority of reflection
The origin of value and the scope of obligation
Reason, humanity, and the moral law G. A. Cohen
Morality and identity Raymond Geuss
Universality and the reflective self Thomas Nagel
History, morality and the test of reflection Bernard Williams
Reply Christine Korsgaard
Bibliography
Index