Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action' and 'Aristotle on Learning to be Good'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

9355	One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

15677

Moral right is linked to validity and truth, so morality is a matter of knowledge, not an expression of values [Habermas, by Finlayson]

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 9. Contractualism

15671

Move from individual willing of a general law, to willing norms agreed with other people [Habermas]