Thomas Scanlon's Contractualism Ethics And Its Reflection

The paper mainly focuses on the contractualism ethics of Thomas Scanlon for Study and reflection.Thomas Scanlon is one of the most influential contemporary Western moral philosophers.Scanlon has take the idea of a reason as the starting point of his thoughts,and construct a moral theory of the nature of a contract.He has provided a moral basis for the human behavior of judgments of right and wrong.Contractualism ethics of Thomas Scanlon includes judgments of right and wrong,and accounts of moral motivation.Through the study of his thought,it is easy to reveal the moral characteristics,and reflect on the current people's moral values.The first chapter introduces the basic information of Scanlon and his thoughts of contractualism ethics.Contractualism ethics is based on moral community in people's moral consensus,establishing moral legitimacy in people's equality in virtual agreement.Moral community of people has reached a contract of moral values,based on an equal basis,and has provided a moral basis for the human behavior of judgments of right and wrong.The second chapter expounds the contractualism ethics of Thomas Scanlon in details.The contractualism ethics of Scanlon consists two parts,one part is the way to judge-no one could reasonably reject,the other part is about the common motivation basis-justifiability to others.The substantive implication of these two parts constitutes the core idea of contractualism ethics of Thomas Scanlon "Justifiability to others on grounds they could not reasonably"?.The third chapter is the reflection of Scanlon's contractualism ethics.Scanlon attaches great importance to the study of moral motivation,and be concerned from a moral theory itself,moral motivation is very important for moral theory.Current perceptions of morality can be said to turn a deaf ear,Scanlon unique theory may be able to strengthen attention to the moral.Virtue is a very important part for a person,any one at any time should not give up the moral values and the pursuit of perfection.