The Morality of Self-Interest

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The Morality of Self-Interest is an original work in moral philosophy
that, in the opinion of Raziel Abelson, "promises to become a classic in -
its field." Conscience, rationality, personal well-being, social welfare,
freedom, and moral responsibility are among the subjects it explores. j|
Paul Edwards has found that "some discussions, especially those dealing
with the relations between reason and passion, are positively brilliant.
On a number of topics—for example, ethics and religion and praise
and blame—the author takes up what fs undoubtedly a radical or minor-
if^viewpoint, but this seems to me to add to the value of the work. He
is nowhere perverse or 'offbeat' in any intellectually objectionable sense.
The book is very well written and Mr. Olson makes his points clearly and^
forcefully." a
The author's point of view is distinctive: he believes that questions of personal ethics cannot be divorced from questions of social policy, that an act cannot be... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The Morality of Self-Interest is an original work in moral philosophy
that, in the opinion of Raziel Abelson, "promises to become a classic in -
its field." Conscience, rationality, personal well-being, social welfare,
freedom, and moral responsibility are among the subjects it explores. j|
Paul Edwards has found that "some discussions, especially those dealing
with the relations between reason and passion, are positively brilliant.
On a number of topics—for example, ethics and religion and praise
and blame—the author takes up what fs undoubtedly a radical or minor-
if^viewpoint, but this seems to me to add to the value of the work. He
is nowhere perverse or 'offbeat' in any intellectually objectionable sense.
The book is very well written and Mr. Olson makes his points clearly and^
forcefully." a
The author's point of view is distinctive: he believes that questions of personal ethics cannot be divorced from questions of social policy, that an act cannot be considered right unless it promotes the well-being both ft of the agent and of society, and that the individual is most likely to con-. tribute to social betterment by rationally pursuing his own best long-| range interests. His provocative and carefully worked-out arguments willap^ be of interest not only to students in philosophy and the behavioral sciences, but to the layman who expects philosophy to be relevant to the problems of contemporary life. Vissza