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

By: Publication details: Edinburgh University Press, 2020 Edinburgh :Description: ix,230 p. ; ill., 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781474477970
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 171.9 MAU
Summary: 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 Campbell, David Hume and Adam Smith.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Campbell, David Hume and Adam Smith.

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