Weighing Reasons

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press USA (2016)
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Normative reasons have become a popular theoretical tool in recent decades. One helpful feature of normative reasons is their weight. The fourteen new essays in this book theorize about many different aspects of weight. Topics range from foundational issues to applications of weight in debates across philosophy

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BJ1458.3.W44 2016

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9780199315192   0199315191  
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An Opinionated Guide to the Weight of Reasons.Barry Maguire & Errol Lord
How do reasons accrue?Gopal Shyam Nair
Reasons, Reason, and Context.Daniel Fogal
The Modesty of the Moral Point of View.Karl Schafer
How Do Reasons Accrue?  (pages 56–73)Shyam Nair
Bearing the Weight of Reasons.  (pages 173-190)Stephen Kearns
“Comparativism: The Ground of Rational Choice,” in Errol Lord and Barry McGuire, eds., Weighing Reasons , 2016.  (pages 213-240)Ruth Chang

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