Rational Rules: Towards a Theory of Moral Learning

Oxford University Press (2021)
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Rational Rules argues that moral learning can be understood in terms of general-purpose rational learning procedures. Nichols provides statistical learning accounts of some fundamental aspects of moral development, combining aspects of traditional empiricist and rationalist approaches.

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9780198869153   9780191905667   0198869150

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