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What reasons do we have to be moral, and are these reasons more compelling than the reasons we have to pursue non-moral projects? Ever since the Sophists first raised this question, it has been a focal point of debate. Why be Moral? is a collection of new essays on this fundamental philosophical problem, written by an international team of leading scholars in the field.

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Beatrix Himmelmann, Arctic University of Norway, Troms›, Norway; Robert B. Louden, University of Southern Maine, Portland, OR, USA.

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