Human Motives: Hedonism, Altruism, and the Science of Affect

by Peter Carruthers

Motivational hedonism (often called "psychological hedonism") claims that everything we do is done in pursuit of pleasure (in the widest sense) and to avoid pain and displeasure (again, in the widest sense). Although perennially attractive, many philosophers and experimental psychologists have claimed to refute it. Human Motives shows how decision-science and the recent science of affect can be used to construct a form of motivational hedonism that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198906137
• ISBN13: 9780198906131
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"