Reasons and Recognition Essays on the Philosophy of T.M. Scanlon [Hardcover]

For close to forty years now T.M. Scanlon has been one of the most important contributors to moral and political philosophy in the Anglo-American world. Through both his writing and his teaching, he has played a central role in shaping the questions with which research in moral and political philosophy now grapples.

Reasons and Recognitionbrings together fourteen new papers on an array of topics from the many areas to which Scanlon has made path-breaking contributions, each of which develops a distinctive and independent position while critically engaging with central themes from Scanlon's own work in the area. Contributors include well-known senior figures in moral and political philosophy as well as important younger scholars whose work is just beginning to gain wider recognition. Taken together, these papers make evident the scope and lasting interest of Scanlon's contributions to moral and political philosophy while contributing to a deeper understanding of the issues addressed in his work.

Preface
Contributors
I. Reason, Value, and Desire
1. The Activity of Reason,Christine M. Korsgaard
2. Valuing,Samuel Scheffler
3. Aims as Reasons,Niko Kolodny
4. Scanlon on Desire and the Explanation of Action,Michael Smith

II. Ethical Themes: Contractualism, Promissory Obligation, and Tolerance
5. Of Metaethics and Motivation: The Appeal of Contractualism,Pamela Hieronymi
6. Contractualism on the Shoal of Aggregation,Rahul Kumar
7. Immoral, Conflicting, and Redundant Promises,Seana Valentine Shiffrin
8. The Trouble with Tolerance,Angela M. Smith

III. Political Themes: Conservatism, Justice, and Public Reason
9. Rescuing Conservatism: A Defence of Existing Value,G. A. Cohen
10. Global Political Justice and the Democratic Deficit ,Charles R. Beitz
11. Establishmelcy