Morality and Self-Interest

by Paul Bloomfield

Book Overview

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?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019530585X
• ISBN13: 9780195305852
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"