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Morality and Self-Interest (Paperback)
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Morality and Self-Interest (Paperback)
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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. Hobbes also claimed
that morality was not in the best interests of the individual;
Kant, however, thought that morality ought to be followed anyway
even if it was not in a person's interest. Aristotle, Hume,
Machiavelli, and Nietzsche all had much to say on the subject, and
contemporary philosophers like Thomas Nagel and David Gauthier
discuss it a good deal as well. Little of the contemporary work has
been published in book format however. Bloomfield's edited volume
is the first such book truly devoted to this important topic,
presenting brand new, commissioned articles on this subject by some
of the top philosophers working today. Bloomfield provides an
introduction to the topic and its place in philosophical history in
his introduction. The volume will then be divided into three
sections. The first will lay out the two sides of the debate; the
second will cover views on morality as external to the self and
thus not in our self-interest; and the third will focus on morality
as intrinsic to the self and thus in our self-interest.
Contributions includes newly published work by 13 top-notch
philosophers, among them Thomas Nagel, Julia Annas, Samuel
Scheffler, David Schmidtz, and Terence Irwin, as well as a
previously published piece by W. D. Falk. The volume will act as a
useful collection of scholarship by top figures, and as a resource
and course book on an important topic.
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