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The Possibility of Altruism /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nagel, Thomas, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 go
  • XI. Solipsism, dissociation, and the impersonal standpoint
  • XII. The interpretation of objective reasons
  • XIII. The consequences
  • XIV. Conclusion.