Features of the moral system
General characteristics of moral rules
Violations of moral rules involve liability to punishment
Justifying violations of the moral rules
two-step procedure for justifying violations of the moral rules
justification of morality
Characteristics of moral agents
Knowledge or beliefs required of all moral agents
Irrationality and rationality
Rationality as maximizing satisfaction of desires
Objectively irrational actions
Personally irrational actions
All reasons have justifying force
Rationality, morality, and self-interest
Two philosophical attempts to achieve moral impartiality
Justifying moral impartiality
Morality as an informal public system
role of governments in settling unresolvable moral disagreements
consequences of morality not always providing a unique correct answer
