Rightness as fairness [electronic resource] : a moral and political theory / Marcus Arvan.

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Rightness as fairness [electronic resource] : a moral and political theory / Marcus Arvan.

9781137541819 (electronic book)
1137541814 (electronic book)
9781137541802

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

English

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BJ1533.F2 A78 2016eb

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Moral philosophy today is marked by profound, systematic disagreement. In Rightness as Fairness, Marcus Arvan argues that moral philosophy must adapt scientific principles of theory-selection in order to reliably uncover moral truth. Arvan then argues that our best empirical evidence and naturalistic observation reveal morality to be a type of prudence requiring us to act in ways that our present and future selves can rationally agree upon across time. Arvan shows that this agreement--Rightness as Fairness--requires us to be fair to ourselves and to others, including animals. Further, the Four Principles of Fairness comprising this agreement reconcile a variety of traditionally opposed moral and political frameworks. Finally,

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