Reasonableness and Fairness
“Reasonableness and Fairness” by Christopher McMahon, published by Cambridge University Press on November 3, 2016, is a scholarly exploration of the concepts of reasonableness, fairness, and justice within the framework of morality. This 252-page work delves into how these ideas have evolved throughout history, examining their implications in ordinary practical thought and the moral landscape of reciprocal concern.
Readers will find a thorough analysis that investigates the historical development of morality, particularly how past forms of interaction are reassessed in contemporary contexts. McMahon presents a constructivist theory to explain the dynamic nature of these moral concepts, emphasizing that they do not reach a final form but continue to evolve. This book is relevant for those interested in ethics, political theory, and the history of ideas, offering insights into the interplay between morality and historical change.
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We all know, or think we know, what it means to say that something is ‘reasonable’ or ‘fair’, but what exactly are these concepts and how have they evolved and changed over the course of history? In this book, Christopher McMahon explores reasonableness, fairness, and justice as central concepts of the morality of reciprocal concern. He argues that the basis of this morality evolves as history unfolds, so that forms of interaction that might have been morally acceptable in the past are judged unacceptable today. The first part of his study examines the notions of reasonableness and fairness as they are employed in ordinary practical thought, and the second part develops a constructivist theory to explain why and how this part of morality can undergo historical development without arriving at any final form. His book will interest scholars of ethics, political theory, and the history of ideas.
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