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Human motives : hedonism, altruism, and the science of affect / Peter Carruthers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carruthers, Peter, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decision making--Philosophy.
- Decision making.
- Motivation (Psychology)--Philosophy.
- Motivation (Psychology).
- Affect (Psychology)--Philosophy.
- Affect (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- 'Human Motives' shows how the sciences of decision and affect support a form motivational hedonism (the theory that everything we do is done in pursuit of pleasure and to avoid pain and displeasure) while making room for both genuine altruism and intrinsic motives of duty.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 4, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-890615-3
- 0-19-890616-1
- 0-19-890614-5
- OCLC:
- 1401667859
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