second year course outlines 2012-2013 - School of Social Sciences ...

Raz J. (1999) ‘The central conflict: morality and self-interest’ in R. Crisp and B. Hooker (eds.)
Well Being and Morality: Essays in honour of James Griffin Oxford: OUP, also in
Engaging Reason OUP (a collection of Raz’s papers).
* Parfit D. (2011) On What Matters Oxford: OUP Vol. 1 ch. 6 ‘Morality’.
If you search for this via the JRUL catalogue, you’ll find an e-book version viewable
online.
! Parfit D. (1984) Reasons and Persons Oxford: OUP ch. 2.
Gauthier D. (1991) ‘Why contractarianism?’ in P. Vallentyne (ed.) Contractarianism and
Rational Choice Cambridge CUP; also in Rachels J. (ed.) Ethical Theory 2: Theories
about How We Should Live Oxford: OUP (and in the double-volume edition called simply
Ethical Theory).
Railton P. (1984) ‘Alienation, Consequentialism and the Demands of Morality’ Philosophy
and Public Affairs Vol. 13 pp. 134-171 See secs. VIII and IX Reprinted in various
collections.
Nagel T. (1997) ‘From The Possibility of Altruism’ in S. L. Darwall, A. Gibbard and P. Railton
(eds.), Moral Discourse and Practice: Some Philosophical Approaches New York:
OUP pp. 323–339 (If you want to look at the book from which these selections are taken,
Nagel’s The Possibility of Altruism was published by Princeton University Press in 1970).
Smith M. (1994) The Moral Problem. Oxford: Basil Blackwell ch. 3.
! McDowell J. (1978) ‘Are Moral Requirements Hypothetical Imperatives?’ Proceedings of
the
Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 52 pp.13-29. Also in Mind, Value and
Reality Cambridge, Mass.: HUP (a collection of McDowell’s papers).
! Pink T. (2004). ‘Moral obligation’ Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement Vol. 54 pp. 159-
185.
Lecture 3: Reasons
Tutorial Reading (on Blackboard): Williams B. (1981) ‘Internal and external reasons’ in his
Moral Luck Cambridge: CUP pp. 101-113. Also in several collections.
Other readings:
Hooker B. (1987) ‘Williams’ Argument against External Reasons’ Analysis 47 no. 1 pp. 42-4.
! Parfit D. (1997) ‘Reasons and Motivation’ Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
Supplementary Vol. 71 pp. 99–130.
Smith M. (1994) The Moral Problem. Oxford: Basil Blackwell pp. 155-161, pp. 164-174.
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