Trusting in Reason: Martin Hollis and the Philosophy of Social Action

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
I......Page 13
II......Page 19
III......Page 26
IV......Page 29
V......Page 39
VI......Page 43
2 Liberalism for the Liberals, Cannibalism for the Cannibals......Page 46
NOTES......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 64
Prologue: Gyges’ Ring......Page 66
Rousseau’s Naturalism and the ‘Remarkable Change in Man’......Page 69
The Drive towards Universality: Rousseau’s Rich and Cautious Story......Page 71
Hollis beyond Rousseau: The Moral Significance of one’s Philosophyof Science......Page 75
NOTES......Page 78
REFERENCES......Page 79
4 Trust and Political Constitutions......Page 81
Does the Enlightenment Trail Lead to Philadelphia?......Page 83
From Philadelphia to Geneva?......Page 88
From Rationality to Reasonableness?......Page 93
REFERENCES......Page 94
5 Trust, Choice and Routines: Putting the Consumer on Trial......Page 96
Trust and the Hollisian Trail......Page 97
Putting the Consumer on Trial......Page 101
Concluding Remarks......Page 110
NOTES......Page 114
REFERENCES......Page 116
6 Whose Dirty Hands? How to Prevent Buck-Passing......Page 118
The Obfuscation of Responsibility......Page 119
Towards an Ethical Framework for Responsibility......Page 121
The Law, Buck-passing and Models of Responsibility......Page 123
Organisational Model 2—Equal Responsibility......Page 127
Case 3: The Overloaded Truck......Page 129
Organisational Model 3—Proportionate Responsibility......Page 130
Educating for Responsibility......Page 132
NOTES......Page 133
REFERENCES......Page 134
7 Many (Dirty) Hands Make Light Work: Martin Hollis’s Account of Social Action......Page 135
Reason and Ritual......Page 137
Models of Man......Page 140
The Cunning Of Reason......Page 144
The Philosophy of Social Science......Page 148
Critique......Page 152
Conclusion......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 158
8 The Bond of Society: Reason or Sentiment?......Page 160
The Liberal Community......Page 161
Team Reasoning......Page 165
Rationality as its Own Explanation......Page 167
In Defence of Empiricism......Page 173
Conclusion......Page 178
NOTES......Page 179
REFERENCES......Page 180
9 Collective Reasoning: A Critique of Martin Hollis’s Position......Page 182
The Insolubility of the ‘Trivial’ Hi-Lo Co-ordination Problem......Page 183
Alternatives to Individual Instrumental Rationality: Expressive Rationality......Page 185
Collective Rationality (CR)......Page 186
Collective Agency And Methodological Individualism......Page 188
Team Membership......Page 194
A Problem for Collective Reasoning Within Reason......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 199
NOTES......Page 200
REFERENCES......Page 202
10 A Quick Peek into the Abyss: The Game of Social Life in Martin Hollis’s Trust Within Reason......Page 204
Discussion......Page 207
Conclusion......Page 214
NOTES......Page 215
REFERENCES......Page 216
11 Rational Choice and Trust......Page 217
NOTES......Page 227
REFERENCES......Page 229
12 The Rule of Law and the Rule of Persons......Page 231
Gormenghast: The Idea and Value of the Rule of Law......Page 232
Five Worlds of the Rule of Law......Page 237
Conclusion......Page 258
REFERENCES......Page 259
Abstracts......Page 262
Notes on Contributors......Page 268
Index......Page 271