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An Essay On The Principles Of Human Action: Being An Argument In Favour Of The Natural Disinterestedness Of The Human Mind by William Hazlitt surveys whether the human mind is naturally disinterested or self-serving. Hazlitt argues that people are capable of disinterested benevolence and that genuine moral action arises from an intrinsic connection between self and others, not from crude self-interest. He critiques the prevailing selfishness theories of Hartley and Helvetius, showing how imagination and memory bridge self with others and how future-looking motives govern voluntary action. The work examines how we form and sustain personal identity through memory, and why our future selves cannot straightforwardly bear on present acts. Aimed at establishing a unified account of natural self-love and benevolence, the essay contends that virtue emerges from habitual concern for others as much as from concern for one’s own welfare, and it includes remarks on the nature of moral motivation.
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