Reason, Value, and Duty
These lectures are about the nature of reason, value, and duty and their relationships to one another. We will approach our topic by examining Prichard’s Dilemma and responses to it.
Reading
- Harold Prichard, ‘Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?’ in Moral Obligations or Moral Writings, both OUP
- Phillipa Foot, Natural Goodness, chapter one, OUP
- Thomas Scanlon, What We Owe to Each Other, chapters one and four, Harvard
Week One
Prichard
Week Two
Prichard
Week Three
Prichard, Scanlon chapter one
Week Four
Foot
Week Five
Scanlon chapter four
Lecture Slides
These are the slides used in lecture. They may be of use to you, but they are not a substitute for taking notes in lecture. They are PDF files.
