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- catalog abstract ""It is often thought that the rational thing to do must be to pursue one's own self-interest. This position is rational egoism. This book is the first extensive history and evaluation of rational egoism."--BOOK JACKET. "The author focuses on Hobbes and Sidgwick. They are, after the ancients, the foremost exponents of rational egoism. He also considers other figures - Grotius, Samuel Clarke, John Clarke, Butler, Hume, Reid, Kant, Paley, and Bentham - and a related position: the instrumental theory of rationality. Robert Shaver's conclusion is that none of the arguments for rational egoism or the instrumental theory are cogent."--BOOK JACKET. "This is an important book not just for historians of philosophy but for all readers in philosophy or the social sciences interested in theories of morality and rationality."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10954663.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""It is often thought that the rational thing to do must be to pursue one's own self-interest. This position is rational egoism. This book is the first extensive history and evaluation of rational egoism."--BOOK JACKET. "The author focuses on Hobbes and Sidgwick. They are, after the ancients, the foremost exponents of rational egoism. He also considers other figures - Grotius, Samuel Clarke, John Clarke, Butler, Hume, Reid, Kant, Paley, and Bentham - and a related position: the instrumental theory of rationality. Robert Shaver's conclusion is that none of the arguments for rational egoism or the instrumental theory are cogent."--BOOK JACKET. "This is an important book not just for historians of philosophy but for all readers in philosophy or the social sciences interested in theories of morality and rationality."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Hobbes -- 2. The instrumental theory -- 3. Sidgwick -- 4. From Hobbes to Bentham.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 162 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521632536 (hardcover)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "171/.9 21".
- catalog subject "BJ1474 .S43 1999".
- catalog subject "Egoism.".
- catalog subject "Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Sidgwick, Henry, 1838-1900 Ethics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Hobbes -- 2. The instrumental theory -- 3. Sidgwick -- 4. From Hobbes to Bentham.".
- catalog title "Rational egoism : a selective and critical history / Robert Shaver.".
- catalog type "text".