Morality and Rational Self-interest (Central issues in philosophy series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0136008909 ISBN 13: 9780136008903

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1970

Morality and Rational Self-Interest (Central Issues in Philosophy Series)
viii, 184 pp. '[A] collection of readings exploring the relations of reason, self-interest, and morality... Is self-interest rational? Is moral motivation based on interest? Is morality advantageous? The book is intended, not to provide answers to these questions, but to present different viewpoints to the reader as a basis for his own reflections.' Includes contributions by, and excerpts from, the following authors: Henry Sidgwick; G.E. Moore; Brian Medlin; Jesse Kalin; Francis Hutcheson; David Hume; H.A. Prichard; Thomas Hobbes; Kurt Baier; David P. Gauthier.Keywords: PHILOSOPHY ETHICS MORALITY RATIONAL SELF INTEREST PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES