Self-Interest : An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives from Antiquity to the Present

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ISBN: 9780415912525
Authors: Kelly Rogers
Publisher: Routledge
Date of Publication: 1997-08-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy
Related Topics: Theory
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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 Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas,Hobbes, Nicole, Mandeville, Butler, Hutchenson, Hume, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill, James, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand, and Gauthier.
 

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.