{"product_id":"why-be-moral-john-van-ingen-9780820423579","title":"Why Be Moral?: The Egoistic Challenge","description":"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 \u003ci\u003esystem\u003c\/i\u003e whose potential adaptability has been consistently underestimated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Van Ingen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820423572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820423579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"John Van Ingen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457734717695,"sku":"9780820423579","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db6c6212-591a-4b0a-a615-dcc5c719904d.jpg?v=1777400719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-be-moral-john-van-ingen-9780820423579","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}