In this book the author argues that moral principles are principles of rational choice. According to the usual view of choice, a rational person selects what is

In this anthology, prominent moral and political philosophers offer a critical assessment of Gauthier's theory.

This book defends the traditional conception of morality as a rational, impartial constraint on the pursuit of individual interest or benefit.

David Gauthier's Morals by Agreement (1986) is the most complete and suggestive contractarian theory of morality since the work of Rawls. In this anthology a nu