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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright Page 2 Preface 8 Contents 10 Part One: Ethics and Human Motivation 12 I. The Foundation of Morals 14 II. The Traditional Controversy 18 III. The Solution 24 IV. Necessity and Interpretation 29 Part Two: Subjective Reasons and Prudence 36 V. Desires 38 VI. Prudential Motives and the Present 44 VII. Reasons 58 VIII. The Interpretation of Prudential Reasons: Identity over Time 68 Part Three: Objective Reasons and Altruism 88 IX. Altruism: The Intuitive Issue 90 X. Objective Reasons 101 XI. Solipsism, Dissociation, and the Impersonal Standpoint 110 XII. The Interpretation of Objective Reasons 127 XIII. The Consequences 136 XIV. Conclusion 154 Index 158 Publisher:Princeton University Press,Published:2016,ISBN:9781400884490,Related ISBN:9780691020020,Language:English,OCLC:979968838 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.

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Author

Thomas Nagel

Publisher

Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ)

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400884490

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, Sociology

Rating

3.7 / 5 (112 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14