Reason and Morality
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| Author | Alan Gewirth |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Ethics |
| Published | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 401 (paperback edition) |
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Reason and Morality is a 1978 book about ethics by the philosopher Alan Gewirth.
Gewirth attempts to develop a stringently rational foundation for morality. His central argument begins with a claim that every rational agent must accept, which is that he or she must have freedom and well-being. Gewirth claims that when the implications of this claim are fully worked out, it follows that every rational agent must also accept the claim that all prospective purposive agents have a moral right to freedom and well-being.
Reason and Morality is the work for which Gewirth is best known.
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