Persons, interests, and justice / Nils Holtug.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holtug, Nils, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Justice.

Well-being.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 356 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In our lives, we aim to achieve welfare for ourselves, that is, to live good lives. But we also have another, more impartial perspective, where we aim to balance our concern for our own welfare against a concern for the welfare of others. This is a perspective of justice. Nils Holtug examines these two perspectives and the relations between them.The first part of the book is concerned with prudence; more precisely, with what the necessary and sufficient conditions are for having a self-interest in a particular benefit. It includes discussions of the extent to which self-interest depends on pre

Contents:

Introduction

Prudence. Self-interest ; Personal identity ; What matters ; On the value of coming into existence

Justice. Welfarism ; Egalitarianism ; Prioritarianism ; Population ethics ; Metaphysics and justice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-352) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-965828-5

1-282-54467-5

9786612544675

0-19-157683-2

OCLC:

704516126