The Possibility of Altruism

• Author(s): Thomas Nagel,
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Pages: 148
• ISBN_13: 9780691020020
  ISBN_10: 0691020027
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / General , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Social Science / Sociology of Religion ,

Description:...

Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action.