The Possibility of Altruism

Author： Nagel Thomas  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9781400884490

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691072319

Subject： B82 Ethics ( Moral Philosophy )

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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Description

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.

Chapter

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

PREFACE

CONTENTS

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

XI. Solipsism, Dissociation, and the Impersonal Standpoint

XII. The Interpretation of Objective Reasons

XIII. The Consequences

XIV. Conclusion

INDEX

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