Essays about: "Ahlin Jesper"

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  1. 1. What is Wrong Between Us? : On the problem of circularity in Scanlon's contractualism

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Jesper Ahlin; [2013]
    Keywords : Contractualism; Scanlon; circularity; moral pluralism;

    Abstract : In this essay, the Scanlonian contractualist formula will be understood as follows: Within the domain of morality of what we owe to each other, an action is morally wrong if it follows principles that similarly motivated people can reasonably reject. Consequently, the concept of ‘reasonable rejection’ is the operative element in moral valuation, thus begging the question of what it is for a rejection to be reasonable. READ MORE