Self-Interest: An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives from Antiquity to the Present

by Kelly Rogers

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415912520
• ISBN13: 9780415912525
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"