These essays in political philosophy by T. M. Scanlon, written between 1969 and 1999, examine the standards by which social and political institutions should be justified and appraised. Scanlon explains how the powers of just institutions are limited by rights such as freedom of expression, and cons[...]
How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? In this book, T. M. Scanlon offers new answers to these questions, as they apply to the central[...]
In a clear and elegant style, T. M. Scanlon reframes current philosophical debates as he explores the moral permissibility of an action. Permissibility may seem to depend on the agent's reasons for performing an action. For example, there seems to be an important moral difference between tactical bo[...]
Alla menar vi att vissa handlingar är moraliskt felaktiga. Men vilket slags omdöme är det vi fäller när vi hävdar att en handling är fel, eller orätt? Omdömen om rätt och fel kan inte förstås som vanliga faktapåståenden om den empiriska världen eller vår egen psykologi. Likväl tycks[...]