The Possibility of Altruism

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Postcript......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Part I: Ethics and Human Motivation......Page 13
I. The Foundation of Morals......Page 15
II. The Traditional Controversy......Page 19
III. The Solution......Page 25
IV. Necessity and Interpretation......Page 30
Part II: Subjective Reasons and Prudence......Page 37
V. Desires......Page 39
VI. Prudential Motives and the Present......Page 45
VII. Reasons......Page 59
VIII. The Interpretation of Prudential Reasons Identity over Time......Page 69
Part III: Objective Reasons and Altruism......Page 89
IX. Altruism The Intuitive Issue......Page 91
X. Objective Reasons......Page 102
XI. Solipsism Dissociation and the Impersonal Standpoint......Page 111
XII. The Interpretation of Objective Reasons......Page 128
XIII. The Consequences......Page 137
XIV. Conclusion......Page 155
Index......Page 159