The Ethics of Altruism

ISBN-13: 9780714684819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 204 str.

Jonathan Seglow

Opis

This collection examines the nature and value of altruism as a moral virtue, restoring it to its proper place at the centre of our moral and political thinking.

Spis treści

Part 1: Theoretical Issues 1. Are They My Poor?: The problem of altruism in a world of strangers 2. Altruism, Self-Interest and the Indistinctness of Persons 3. Egotism and Altruism: Outlines of a materialist conception of the good 4. Is There a Paradox of Altruism? 5. Personal and Impersonal Altruism Part 2: Practical Issues 6. Duties of Good Samaritanism: A Matter of Justice 7. Whose Suffering and Whose Benefit?: The duty to distant others 8. The Right to Trade in Human Body Parts 9. Altruism and Recognition 10. Incapacity, Altruism, Medicine and the Law

O autorze

Jonathan Seglow