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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.
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Self-Interest. An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives, Kelly Rogers
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- 1997
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- Title
- Self-Interest. An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kelly Rogers
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN10
- 0415912520
- ISBN13
- 9780415912525
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Psychology
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
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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.