Self-love, egoism and the selfish hypothesis : key debates from eighteenth-century British moral philosophy

Self-love, egoism and the selfish hypothesis : key debates from eighteenth-century British moral philosophy /

Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human behaviour? Maurer delves into early-Enlightenment debates on self-love from both famous and lesser known A01s, including Lord Shaftesbury, Bernard Mandeville, Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Archibald Cam...

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Main Author: Maurer, Christian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1700-1799
Egoism.
Self-interest.
Self (Philosophy)
Self-esteem.
Self-acceptance.
Ethics > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Egoism
Ethics
Self-acceptance
Self-esteem
Self-interest
Egoismus
Eigennutz
Ethik
Selbstliebe
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Shaftesbury on the Self-affections and the Selfish Hypothesis
  • 3. Mandeville: Self-love, Self-liking and Augustinian Themes
  • 4. Hutcheson on Self-love, Benevolence and Self-cultivation
  • 5. Butler on Self-love as Respect of Self
  • 6. Campbell on True Self-love and Virtue
  • 7. Hume, Smith and Beyond
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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