I did read some Scanlon a while back, and recall finding the theory a bit ungrounded compared to utilitarianism (lots of reasonable people being reasonable to one another without a reasonable explanation of “reasonable”, which everything rests on).
I think Will named “What We Owe the Future” as a kind of retort to “What We Owe to Each Other” FWIW.
Yes, although I don’t have any reference to piont to, I also suspected that the naming of “What We Owe the Future” was a bit of a reference to Scanlon.
I did read some Scanlon a while back, and recall finding the theory a bit ungrounded compared to utilitarianism (lots of reasonable people being reasonable to one another without a reasonable explanation of “reasonable”, which everything rests on).
I think Will named “What We Owe the Future” as a kind of retort to “What We Owe to Each Other” FWIW.
Yes, although I don’t have any reference to piont to, I also suspected that the naming of “What We Owe the Future” was a bit of a reference to Scanlon.