Philosophy 290-1

Fall 2004

Number Title Instructor Days/time Room
290-1 Contractualism Scheffler W 2-4 234 Moses

This seminar will be organized around a close examination of the contractualist position developed by T.M. Scanlon in What We Owe to Each Other. We will consider the relation between Scanlon’s contractualism and Rawls’s use of contractarian ideas, and we will discuss a number of critical responses to Scanlon.