Study Questions

  1. What reasons does Gauthier give for his claim that morality faces a foundational crisis? What question does he think that any moral view has to answer? Do you agree that this question raises a serious challenge to morality? Why or why not?
  2. What is deliberative rationality? Do we always have reason to do what is deliberatively rational? Defend your answer.
  3. What is contractarianism and how does Gauthier think it overcomes the foundational crisis facing morality? What do you think the most serious problem is for the theory and why?
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