Mark Schroeder
Reasons First systematically explores both the benefits and burdens of the hypothesis that reasons do indeed come first in normative theory, against the conjecture that theorizing in both ethics and epistemology can only be hampered by neglect of the other. Bringing two decades of work on reasons in both ethics and epistemology to bear, Mark Schroeder argues that some of the most important challenges to the idea that reasons could come first are themselves the source of some of the most obstinate puzzles in
Mark Schroeder is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He has worked on understanding the role of reasons in both ethics and epistemology for over two decades, including in Slaves of the Passions (Oxford University Press 2007) and Explaining the Reasons We Share (Oxford University Press 2014), as well as in articles published in many of the leading philosophy journals.
Schroeder is the founding director of the Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project at the University of Southern California and the editor of the fully open-access Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy . See more at markschroeder.net .
Mark Schroeder