Philosophy · Ethics & Moral Philosophy
A topic within Ethics & Moral Philosophy, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.
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Ann Cudd & Seena Eftekhari
Traces the Hobbesian idea that morality's authority comes from mutual self-interested agreement rather than independent moral truth, and asks what such a bargain can actually deliver for the weak.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Elizabeth Ashford & Tim Mulgan
Explains Scanlon's test for a wrong act, that it is one nobody could reasonably reject a principle permitting, and works through why this yields a different verdict from utilitarianism in cases involving few against many.
link checked 17 Sept 2026