Rationalist Pragmatism

Ratonalist Pragmatism argues that our interest in truth—our rational nature as practical and theoretical beings—forms us as a community of mutually recognizing truth seekers and creates the possibility of objective moral knowledge.

Mitchell Silver teaches at the I Can Academy of the Suffolk County Jail after retiring from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

Preface Introduction: Ideal vs. Non-ideal Moral Theory Chapter One: The Quest for Justification Chapter Two: Objectivity and Truth Chapter Three: Others Chapter Four: Meaning, Morality, and Social Agreement Chapter Five: Morality's Motivational Power Chapter Six: No Double Standards Chapter Seven: Our Morality Chapter Eight: Political Implications Appendix: Weighing Value Works Cited