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Morality and Self-Interest Book

The relationship between morality and self-interest is a perennial one in philosophy, at the center of moral theory. It goes back to Plato's Republic, which debated whether living morally was in a person's best interest or simply for dupes.Read More

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    Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?

    Christopher Morris, The Trouble With Justice
    Mathias Risse, Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of the Higher Men
    Richard Joyce, Morality, Schmorality
    David Schmidtz, Because It's Right
    Thomas Nagel, The Value of Inviolability
    Samuel Scheffler, Potential Congruence
    Stephen Finlay, Too Much Morality
    Terence Irwin Scotus and the Possibility of Moral Motivation
    Ralph Wedgwood, Butler on Virtue, Self Interest, and Human Nature
    Julia Annas, Virtue Ethics and the Charge of Egoism
    W.D. Falk, Morality, Self, and Others
    Paul Bloomfield, Why It's Bad To Be Bad
    Joel Kupperman, Classical and Sour Forms of Virtue
    Michael Stocker, Shame and Guilt; Self Interest and Morality

  • 019530585X
  • 9780195305852
  • 20 December 2007
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 336
  • 1
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