The Possibility of Altruism / / Thomas Nagel.
Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©1979 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Postscript -- Contents -- Part One: Ethics and Human Motivation -- I. The Foundation of Morals -- II. The Traditional Controversy -- III. The Solution -- IV. Necessity and Interpretation -- Part Two: Subjective Reasons and Prudence -- V. Desires -- VI. Prudential Motives and the Present -- VII. Reasons -- VIII. The Interpretation of Prudential Reasons: Identity over Time -- Part Three: Objective Reasons and Altruism -- IX. Altruism: The Intuitive Issue -- X. Objective Reasons -- XI. Solipsism, Dissociation, and the Impersonal Standpoint -- XII. The Interpretation of Objective Reasons -- XIII. The Consequences -- XIV. Conclusion -- Index |
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Summary: | Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400884490 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400884490 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas Nagel. |