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

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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 include: 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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  • ISBN-13: 9780415912518
  • ISBN-10: 0415912512
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: July 1997
  • Dimensions: 9.26 x 6.38 x 0.87 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 302

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