The Possibility of Altruism /
Nagel, Thomas
The Possibility of Altruism / Thomas Nagel. - 1 online resource (160 p.)
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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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691020020 9781400884490
10.1515/9781400884490 doi
Altruism.
Ethics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
171/.8
The Possibility of Altruism / Thomas Nagel. - 1 online resource (160 p.)
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
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691020020 9781400884490
10.1515/9781400884490 doi
Altruism.
Ethics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
171/.8