Gewirth

Michael Boylan is professor of philosophy at Marymount University.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 IntroductionPart 3 I. The Normative Structure of ActionChapter 4 1 The Normative Import of ActionChapter 5 2 Gewirth and Held on Action and Methodology: A Response to Virginia Held's "The Normative Import of Action"Chapter 6 3 Anticipating Gewirth: A Critical DisagreementChapter 7 4 Values and Ends: Comments on Michael Slote's "Anticipating Gewirth"Chapter 8 5 Gewirth on Necessary Goods: What Is the Agent Committed to Valuing?Chapter 9 6 Liberal Agency is Open for Business: A Response to Donald Regan's "Gewirth on Necessary Goods: What Is the Agent Committed to Valuing?"Part 10 II. Gewirth and KantianismChapter 11 7 Choosing an Ethical TheoryChapter 12 8 Confronting Moral Theories: Gewirth in ContextChapter 13 9 Gewirth and Kant on Justifying the Supreme Principle of MoralityChapter 14 10 A Commentary on Deryck Beyleveld's "Gewirth and Kant on Justifying the Supreme Principle of Morality"Chapter 15 11 Gewirth's Kantian ConsequentialismChapter 16 12 The Problem with Simply Promoting Agency: Comment on CummiskeyPart 17 III. Community, Rationality, and RightsChapter 18 13 Community, Mutuality, and RightsChapter 19 14 The Existence and Universality of Gewirthian Moral Rights: Comment on Beth J. Singer's "Community, Mutuality, and Rights"Chapter 20 15 Building on Gewirth: A Defense of MoralityChapter 21 16 Gewirth, Sterba, and the Justification of MoralityPart 22 IV. Comments by GewirthChapter 23 17 Replies to My ColleaguesPart 24 BibliographyPart 25 About the Contributors

The collection as a whole will definetely aid all those who seek a clearer understanding of Gewirth's moral philosophy and the fundamental issues with which he is concerned.