11. Political reason

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I: THE JUDGE
6. INTRODUCTION 9
7. 1. The Eternal God argument 11
8. 2. Science for humans 37
9. 3. Rationality and judgement 56
10. PART II: THE GUIDE
11. INTRODUCTION 75
12. 4. Lives of the mind 77
13. 5. The challenge of psychology 92
14. 6. Guided by reason 108
15. PART III: THE MOTIVATOR
16. INTRODUCTION 141
17. 7. Rational morality 143
18. 8. Scientific morality 168
19. 9. The claims of reason 180
20. PART IV: THE KING
21. INTRODUCTION 189
22. 10. The rational state 191
23. 11. Political reason 211
24. Conclusion: using reason 234
25. Notes 246
26. Bibliography 252
27. Index 258