Self-Interest
Self-Interest
Fred D. Miller, Jr, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Jeffrey Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
$35.00
USD'[T]he good man should be a lover of self.' Aristotle wrote. 'For he will both himself profit by doing noble acts, and will benefit his fellows … '. Yet in much of contemporary moral philosophy, concern for one's own interests is considered a non-moral issue, while concern for the interests of others is paradigmatically moral. Indeed, a central issue in ethical theory involves the proper balance to be struck between prudence and morality, between the pursuit of one's own good and the pursuit of the good of others. When deliberating over what action to take, should one weigh one's own interests more heavily than those of others? Or is it possible to accommodate both self-interest and regard for others, to show that we have self-regarding reasons for helping others? The twelve essays in this volume - written from a range of perspectives - address these questions and examine related issues.
- Prominent list of contributors
Product details
May 1997Paperback
9780521598927
336 pages
229 × 152 × 19 mm
0.5kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Beyond self and other Kelly Rogers
- 2. The wisdom of the egoist: the moral and political implications of valuating the self Jean Hampton
- 3. Reasonable self-interest Thomas E. Hill Jr
- 4. Gyges' Choice: overridingness and the Unity of Reason David Copp
- 5. Self-Interest: What's in It for Me? David Schmidtz
- 6. Self-Love and Altruism David O. Brink
- 7. Self-Interest and Self-Concern Stephen Darwall
- 8. Who is rational economic man? Jennifer Roback Morse
- 9. Happiness and meaning: two aspects of the good life Susan Wolf
- 10. Self-Interest and virtue Neera K. Badhwar
- 11. The virtue in self-interest Michael Slote
- 12. Self-interest, altruism, and virtue Thomas Hurka.
