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Contractarian Ethics

Contractarian Ethics is a normative ethical theory within moral philosophy that, as a distinct construct in Epicurean philosophy, grounds moral obligations in mutual agreements or contracts among rational agents for the sake of securing personal tranquility and minimizing conflict, distinguishing it from both virtue-based and divine-command ethics by its reliance on pragmatic, self-interested consensus as the source of moral norms.

80

Publications

5.2K

Citations

84

Authors

55

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Parents

Publications

80

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Authors

84

  1. BW
    Ben Wempe

    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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  2. TD
    Thomas Donaldson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

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  3. VJ
    Viktor J. Vanberg

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    2 publications · 80 citations

    2

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  4. KL
    Kenneth L. Avio

    University of Victoria, Canada

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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  5. DE
    David Ellerman

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 61 citations

    2

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1–5 of 84

Institutions

55

  1. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    61 citations

  2. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  5. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  7. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    93 citations

  8. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    101 citations

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Venues

  1. Business Ethics Quarterly

    BEQ · 6 publications · 269 citations

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  2. Social Philosophy and Policy

    5 publications · 490 citations

    5

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  3. Journal of Business Ethics

    4 publications · 115 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 829 citations

    4

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  5. Ethics

    4 publications · 206 citations

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