E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten
Nagel The Possibility of Altruism
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8449-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8449-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
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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Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Postscript, pg. vii
Contents, pg. ix
I. The Foundation of Morals, pg. 3
II. The Traditional Controversy, pg. 7
III. The Solution, pg. 13
IV. Necessity and Interpretation, pg. 18
V. Desires, pg. 27
VI. Prudential Motives and the Present, pg. 33
VII. Reasons, pg. 47
VIII. The Interpretation of Prudential Reasons: Identity over Time, pg. 57
IX. Altruism: The Intuitive Issue, pg. 79
X. Objective Reasons, pg. 90
XI. Solipsism, Dissociation, and the Impersonal Standpoint, pg. 99
XII. The Interpretation of Objective Reasons, pg. 116
XIII. The Consequences, pg. 125
XIV. Conclusion, pg. 143
Index, pg. 147




