PHILOS 2YY3 Chapter Contractarian Ethics: Reading 16 - - Scanlon "A Contractarian Ethics"
3 Apr 2018
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S is defending a contractualist moral theory. This theory says that we should at only according to principles that others could not reasonably object. Distinct from other contractual theories by its appeal to the notion of reasonableness rather than rationality reasonableness: Why reasonableness and not rationality: rational = ambiguous and can be understood in a number of different ways, often, concepts of rationality can be mistaken. Reasonable" on the other hand, has a more established meaning that is closer to what. But what is a principle: principles play a large part in our thinking about right and wrong. We make decisions by invoking / implying principles. Principles may rule out some actions by ruling out the reasons on which they would be based. Principles also leave wide room for interpretation and judgement. But principles are not rules: they still have appeal for judgement.
