Morality and Self-Interest

The Relationship Between Morality And Self-interest Is A Perennial One In Philosophy. For Plato, Hobbes, Kant, Aristotle, Hume, Machiavelli, And Nietzsche, It Lay At The Heart Of Moral Theory. This Text Introduces The Topic And Looks At Its Place In Philosophical History. The Trouble With Justice / Christopher W. Morris -- Nietzsche On Selfishness, Justice, And The Duties Of The Higher Men / Mathias Risse -- Morality, Schmorality / Richard Joyce -- Because It's Right / David Schmidtz -- The Value Of Inviolability / Thomas Nagel -- Potential Congruence / Samuel Scheffler -- Too Much Morality / Stephen Finlay -- Scotus And The Possibility Of Moral Motivation / T.h. Irwin -- Butler On Virtue, Self-interest, And Human Nature / Ralph Wedgwood -- Virtue Ethics And The Charge Of Egoism / Julia Annas -- Morality, Self, And Others / W.d. Falk -- Why It's Bad To Be Bad / Paul Bloomfield -- Classical And Sour Forms Of Virtue / Joel J. Kupperman -- Shame And Guilt / Michael Stocker. Edited By Paul Bloomfield. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 305-315) And Index.