Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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. These essays examine the nature of self-interest and the relationship between rationality and morality.
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.