Self-Interest: An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives from Antiquity to the PresentKelly Rogers Routledge, 2014 M02 4 - 296 pages 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. |
Contents
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II Medieval Era | 47 |
III Early Modern Era | 75 |
IV Nineteenth Century | 169 |
V Twentieth Century | 225 |
Select Bibliography | 265 |
Notes | 273 |
Acknowledgments and Sourcing | 285 |
Index | 291 |