Contractarianism and Moderate Morality

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dc.contributor.authorBaltzly, Vaughn Bryanen
dc.contributor.committeechairFitzPatrick, William J.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhilosophyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:25Zen
dc.date.adate2001-07-25en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:25Zen
dc.date.issued2001-06-25en
dc.date.rdate2002-07-25en
dc.date.sdate2001-07-14en
dc.description.abstractIn his book The Limits of Morality, Shelly Kagan claims that contractarian approaches to ethics are incompatible with our common, everyday, "moderate" morality. In this thesis I defend a version of contractarianism that I believe leads to both deontological constraints and options; i.e., to a genuinely moderate morality. On my account, the parties to the agreement are conceived of as being motivated not only to promote self-interest, but also to formulate a code of ethics that gives proper respect to their moral status as persons. If such a picture of the bargainers' motivations is defensible, as I believe it is, then the 'moderate' may in fact have recourse to contractarianism in her defense of everyday morality, for - as my thesis argues - bargainers that are thus motivated will arrive at a moderate morality.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07142001-091919en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07142001-091919/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33999en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBryanThesis.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectoptionsen
dc.subjectcontractarianismen
dc.subjectdeontological constraintsen
dc.subjectethicsen
dc.subjectShelly Kaganen
dc.titleContractarianism and Moderate Moralityen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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