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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Nagel, Thomas, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Possibility of Altruism / Thomas Nagel. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016] ©1979 1 online resource (160 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Altruism. Ethics. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691020020 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400884490 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400884490 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400884490.jpg |
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Nagel, Thomas, Nagel, Thomas, The Possibility of Altruism / 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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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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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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