Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge by Van Ingen, John

Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820423579)

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Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge by Van Ingen, John

Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge

$53.95
Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge by Van Ingen, John

Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge

$53.95
Format: Paperback
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Simplistic accounts of egoism have encouraged incomplete and superficial answers to the question Why should I be moral? This work defends an interpretation of the question as a genuine and fundamental question of practical importance. Detailed description of the egoist's planning, language use and reason-giving provide a strongest-case analysis of the amoral egoistic option, in the spirit of Plato's account of the perfectly unjust man. The framework for an answer is offered which draws out key theoretical assumptions and practical consequences of an egoistic system whose potential adaptability has been consistently underestimated.

Author: John Van Ingen
ISBN-10: 0820423572
ISBN-13: 9780820423579
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1994
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
By John Van Ingen
By John Van Ingen
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The Author: John van Ingen is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago.

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