| Self-Interest: An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives from Antiquity to the Present Contributor(s): Rogers, Kelly (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415912520 ISBN-13: 9780415912525 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: This collection brings together the efforts of twenty-three great thinkers addressing such themes as the nature of self-interest, its connection to benevolence and morality, and its implications for political theory. The philosophical results are rich and varied. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 171.9 |
| LCCN: 96-48798 |
| Series: Jewish Lit., Culture, and Society; 2 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.99" W x 8.93" (0.91 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Self-Interest discusses the reconciliation of inevitable self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the efforts of twenty three renown philosophers to address the matter of how to bring about such a reconciliation. The drive for self-preservation, as observed by Aquinas, is the first law of nature. With this self-love, however, comes the threat of "the excessive love of self". Self-Interest brings into discussion the reconciliation of necessary self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the work of twenty-three important philosophers to address the question of how to bring about such a reconciliation. Contributors include: Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas, Hobbes, Nicole, Mandeville, Butler, Hutchenson, Hume, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill, James, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand, and Gauthier. |
