Morality and Self-Interest

Paul Bloomfield

Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?

Morality and Self-Interest

Paul Bloomfield

Description

Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?

Christopher Morris, The Trouble With Justice
Mathias Risse, Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of the Higher Men
Richard Joyce, Morality, Schmorality
David Schmidtz, Because It's Right
Thomas Nagel, The Value of Inviolability
Samuel Scheffler, Potential Congruence
Stephen Finlay, Too Much Morality
Terence Irwin Scotus and the Possibility of Moral Motivation
Ralph Wedgwood, Butler on Virtue, Self Interest, and Human Nature
Julia Annas, Virtue Ethics and the Charge of Egoism
W.D. Falk, Morality, Self, and Others
Paul Bloomfield, Why It's Bad To Be Bad
Joel Kupperman, Classical and Sour Forms of Virtue
Michael Stocker, Shame and Guilt; Self Interest and Morality

Morality and Self-Interest

Paul Bloomfield

Introduction
1. The Trouble with Justice, Christopher Morris, University of Maryland
2. Neitzche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of Higher Men, Mathias Risse, Harvard University
3. Morality, Schmorality, Richard Joyce, Australia National University
4. Because It's Right, David Schmitz, University of Arizona
5. The Value of Inviolability, Thomas Nagel, New York University
6. Potential Congruence, Samuel Scheffler, Berkeley College
7. Too Much Morality, Stephen Finlay, University of Southern California
8. Scotus and the Possibility of Moral Motivation, Terence Irwin, Cornell University
9. Butler on Virtue, Self Interest, and Human Nature, Ralph Wedgwood, Oxford University
10. Virtue Ethics and the Charge of Egoism, Julia Annas, University of Arizona
11. Morality, Self, and Others, W.D. Falk, formerly UNC Chapel Hill
12. Why It's Bad to be Bad, Paul Bloomfield, University of Connecticut
13. Classical and Sour Forms of Virtue, Joel Kupperman, University of Connecticut
14. Shame and Guilt: Self Interest and Morality, Michael Stocker, Syracuse University
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