The Moral Wager

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Gist -- The Bet Anology -- Chapter by Chapter -- CH 1. Irrealism -- 1.1. Magic and Morality -- 1.2. Moral Epistemology -- 1.3. The Scope of Morality -- 1.4. Consent Theory -- CH 2. Against Moral Categoricity -- 2.1. Categoricity -- 2.2. Rules of Golf -- 2.3. Escapability -- 2.4. Weak and Strong Categoricity -- 2.5. Arbitrariness -- 2.6. Intrinsic, Instrumental, and A Priori -- 2.7. Semantics -- 2.8. Kant's Conclusion -- 2.9. Fictionalism? -- CH 3. Self-Interest -- 3.1. The Problem -- 3.2. Reverse-Order Objections: Three Replies -- 3.3. Mistaken Preferences -- 3.4. Considered Preferences -- 3.5. Preferences, Schmeferences -- 3.5.1. The Conventionality of Preferences -- 3.5.2. Game Theory -- 3.5.3. Non-Tuism -- 3.5.4. Evolution -- CH 4. Rationality's Failure -- 4.1. The Rational Model -- 4.2. Details -- 4.3. Problems -- 4.4. Chicken and Threat -- 4.5. Summary -- CH 5. Evolutionary Fit -- 5.1. Successes -- 5.1.1. The Ultimatum Game -- 5.1.2. The Narrow Bridge Game -- 5.1.3. Prisoner's Dilemma -- 5.1.4. Summary -- 5.2. Modelling Problems and Replies -- 5.2.1. Favourable Conditions -- 5.2.2. "Moral" Winners? -- 5.2.3. Polymorphisms -- 5.3. General Problems and Replies -- 5.3.1. Irrationality -- 5.3.2. The Is-Ought Problem -- 5.3.3. The Motivation Problem -- 5.3.4. The Moral Shortfall -- CH 6. Consent Theory -- 6.1. The Simplified Normative Principle of Consent -- 6.2. Contractarianism and Contractualism -- 6.2.1. Contractualism -- 6.2.2. Contractarianism -- 6.3. The Incoherence Problem -- 6.4. The Resurrection of Consent -- 6.5. Moral Standing -- 6.6. A Counter Case? -- 6.7. Summary -- CH 7. Concerned Parties -- 7.1. The Problem -- 7.1.1. Introduction -- 7.1.2. Pretheoretical Intuitions -- 7.1.3. Homosexuality and Evolution -- 7.1.4. Moral Standing -- 7.2. False Starts -- 7.2.1. The Harm Principle -- 7.2.2. The Wellsian Position -- 7.2.3. The Use Definition -- 7.2.4. Conjunctive and Disjunctive Definitions -- 7.2.5. The Aiming Condition -- 7.2.6. The Two Adverse Effects Rule -- 7.3. The Solution -- 7.4. The Role of Ex Ante Consent -- 7.5. Summary -- CH 8. Suffering and Indifference -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Agreements -- 8.2.1. Abiding by and Making Agreements -- 8.2.2. Ex Ante Agreements -- 8.3. Adjusting the Baseline -- 8.4. Singer and Loophole Problems -- 8.4.1. The Singer Problem -- 8.4.2. The Loophole Problem -- 8.5. Natural Affections -- 8.6. The Euthyphro Problem -- 8.7. The Soluti.