Someone displays instrumental rationality insofar as she adopts suitable means to her ends.
Instrumental rationality, by virtually any reckoning, is an important, and presumably …

Michael Moehler develops a novel multilevel social contract theory. In contrast to existing
theories in the liberal tradition, it does not merely assume a restricted form of reasonable …

Contemporary scholars have separated artificial intelligence (AI) from utilitarianism, which
represents instrumental rationality, and have shifted toward the Responsibility and Virtue …

In this article, I derive a weak version of Kant's categorical imperative within an informal
game-theoretic framework. More specifically, I argue that Hobbesian agents would choose …

In his Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant famously claims that it is analytic that
whoever wills the end also wills the indispensably necessary means to it that is within his …

This PhD dissertation is on infinite regress arguments in philosophy. Its main goals are to
explain what such arguments from many distinct philosophical debates have in common …

Kant clearly endorses some version of the 'old formula of the schools', according to which all
volition is sub ratione boni. There has been a debate whether he holds this only for morally …

Abstract As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more significant in daily life, ensuring its
ethical behaviour is essential. While AI offers numerous benefits in areas like search …

Kant famously distinguishes between the categorical imperative (CI)–the fundamental
principle of morality–and hypothetical imperatives (HIs), which are instrumental norms. On …

Rationality requires us to have certain propositional attitudes (beliefs, intentions, etc.) given
certain other attitudes that we have. Carroll's Tortoise repeatedly shows up in this …