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Requests: How simple asks create reasons, obligations, and shape relationships.
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Requests as Reasons
a philosophical account
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176 pages
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29 April 2026
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Summary
The Normative Power of Requests: Reasons and Obligations
Requests can sometimes create reasons for action and sometimes obligations. Request norms explain their reason-giving force, as being able to create reasons for others is valuable for us.
In this book Peter Schaber explores the normative force of requests. The epistemic view holds that by informing the requestees of what the requester desires, the requester may draw the requestee’s attention to an alre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781666955361 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1666955361 |
| Author: | Peter Schaber |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Peter Schaber
Peter Schaber is Professor for Applied Ethics at the Centre for Ethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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