Trust within reason /
Some philosophers hold that trust grows fragile when people become too rational. They advocate a retreat from reason and a return to local, traditional values. Others hold that truly rational people are both trusting and trustworthy. Everything hinges on what we mean by 'reason' and '...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1998.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The paradox of trust. Truth, virtue and happiness. The problem of trust. The Enlightenment Trail. Promises, promises: nature's paradoxical task
- 2. The perils of prudence. Plan of the book. Fear. Sympathy
- 3. The centipede's sting. Three views about moral psychology. Centipedes and backward induction. Conclusion: prudence in peril
- 4. A remedy in the judgement and understanding? Perils of strategic choice. Impartiality and fairness
- 5. Fairness and morality. Playing fair with Kant. Contractarians. Morality in trust
- 6. All in the game. Prelude: Enlightenment football. The games of social life. Reason and obligation
- 7. The bond of society. Problems of coordination. Trust in miniature: teamwork.