Self-love, egoism and the selfish hypothesis: key debates from eighteenth-century british moral philosophy
Auteur :
Maurer, Christian
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9781474413374
Date de publication :
3 avr. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
504 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into early-Enlightenment debates on self-love from both famous and lesser known authors, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Archibald Campbell, David Hume and Adam Smith.