Morality and self-interest / edited by Paul Bloomfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloomfield, Paul, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Self-interest.

Physical Description:

x, 323 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?

Contents:

Part I Morality Without Self-Interest

A Morality on the Defensive

1 The Trouble with Justice / Christopher W. Morris 15

2 Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of the Higher Men / Mathias Risse 31

3 Morality, Schmorality / Richard Joyce 51

B Morality on the Offensive

4 Because It's Right / David Schmidtz 79

5 The Value of Inviolability / Thomas Nagel 102

C Potential Congruence and Irreconcilability

6 Potential Congruence / Samuel Scheffler 117

7 Too Much Morality / Stephen Finlay 136

Part II Morality Within Self-Interest

A Morality as Necessary to Self-Interest

8 Scotus and the Possibility of Moral Motivation / T. H. Irwin 159

9 Butler on Virtue, Self-Interest, and Human Nature / Ralph Wedgewood 177

10 Virtue Ethics and the Charge of Egoism / Julia Annas 205

B Morality as Indistinguishable from Self-Interest

11 Morality, Self, and Others / W. D. Falk 225

12 Why It's Bad to Be Bad / Paul Bloomfield 251

13 Classical and Sour Forms of Virtue / Joel J. Kupperman 272

14 Shame and Guilt / Michael Stocker 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315) and index.

ISBN:

9780195305845

0195305841

9780195305852

019530585X

OCLC:

123539415