Contractarianism and rational choice Book

	Preface	ix
	Notes on the contributors	xi
	Biographical note on David Gauthier	xv
1	Gauthier's three projects	1
	Introduction	1
	Gauthier's moral methodology	1
	Gauthier's contractarian theory	3
	Gauthier's rational-choice framework	5
	The initial bargaining position	6
	The bargaining solution	7
	The rationality of complying with rational agreements	9
	Conclusion	11
Part I	Gauthier's contractarian moral theory
	Overview of the essays	13
2	Why contractarianism?	15
3	Two faces of contractarian thought	31
4	Gauthier's foundations for ethics under the test of application	56
	Deliberation	58
	Revolution	64
	Accumulation of exceptions	66
5	Contractarianism and the assumption of mutual unconcern	71
6	Moral standing and rational-choice contractarianism	76
	Rational-choice contractarianism	78
	Moral standing	81
	Moral standing in rational-choice contractarian morality	83
	Self-interest and moral standing	90
Part II	Minimax relative concession and the Lockean Proviso
	Overview of the essays	97
7	The Lockean Proviso	99
	Moralities and starting points	101
	Slaves, servants, and serfs	102
	The market as moral anarchy	104
	Prerequisites for social agreement	106
	Three rejoinders	108
8	Providing for rights	112
9	Gauthier on distributive justice and the natural baseline	127
	Introduction: Gauthier's contractarianism	127
	Gauthier on distributive justice	129
	Gauthier on predatory gains and the Lockean Proviso	136
	On the Hobbesian starting point	144
	Relations between states	146
	Summary	147
10	Equalizing concessions in the pursuit of justice: A discussion of Gauthier's bargaining solution	149
11	Gauthier's approach to distributive justice and other bargaining solutions	162
	Nash's bargaining solution	163
	The Kalai-Smorodinski solution	168
	Gauthier's maximin solution	170
	Concluding remarks	175
Part III	The rationality of keeping agreements
	Overview of the essays	177
12	Deception and reasons to be moral	181
13	Contractarianism and moral skepticism	196
	The skeptical problem: First account	198
	The contractarian solution	200
	Rational compliance and skepticism	204
	The relevance objection: Substantive impartiality	208
	The relevance objection: Archimedean impartiality	212
	Justification: Internal objections	219
	Justification: External objections	224
	The skeptical problem: Revised account	225
14	Deriving morality from rationality	229
	Introduction	229
	Gauthier's core argument for the rationality of compliance	232
	Comment on premises 1 and 2	235
	Does constrained maximization maximize expected utility?	238
	The alleged rationality of carrying out rational intentions	244
	The derivation of morality from rationality	249
15	Morality and the theory of rational choice	254
	The rational-choice framework	255
	Fairness and constrained maximization	261
	Fairness and bargaining	262
	Fairness and stability	265
	Broad and narrow compliance	272
	The arguments from rational and costless bargaining	286
	Conclusion	289
16	Closing the compliance dilemma: How it's rational to be moral in a Lamarckian world	291
	The compliance problem	291
	Substantive rationality	297
	Procedural rationality	306
	Morality	316
	Conclusion	322
17	Rational constraint: Some last words	323
	Bibliography	331
	Index	337