Rationality, Markets, and Morals (RMM)

Studies at the Intersection of Philosophy and Economics

 

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Bernd Lahno

Introductory Note

“Can the Social Contract Be Signed by an Invisible Hand?”– A New Debate on an Old Question

  • Bernd Lahno
  • Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 4 (2013)
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Hypothetical Justifications

  • Bernd Lahno
A basic conviction in moral non-cognitivism is: only hypothetical norms may be justified. Hartmut Kliemt argues for a moderate variant: there are only hypothetical justifications of norms whether the norms are hypothetical or categorical in kind. In this paper the concept of `hypothetical justification‘ is analyzed. It is argued that hypothetical justifications are not of the kind that we should look for in normative ethics.
  • Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 0 (2009)
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Introduction: The Moral Science Project

  • Bernd Lahno, Michael Baurmann
This Festschrift honours Hartmut Kliemt on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Hartmut Kliemt’s work covers a huge number of topics, including publications on John Rawls’ theory of justice, Robert Nozick’s libertarianism or James Buchanan’s constitutionalism, the problems of cloning, legal punishment, state power, anarchism, the model of homo oeconomicus, game theory, the philosophy of science, ethics, the welfare state, the theory of law, rationing in health care, organ transplantation and homeopathy …
  • Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 0 (2009)

Journal Information

RMM is an interdisciplinary open access journal focusing on issues of rationality, market mechanisms, and the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects. It provides a forum for dialogue between philosophy, economics, and related disciplines, encouraging critical reflection on the foundations and implications of economic processes.

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Volumes

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 0 (2009)

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 1 (2010)

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 2 (2011)

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 3 (2012)

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 4 (2013)

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 5 (2014)

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM Band 6 (2015)