The Possibility of Altruism

by Thomas Nagel

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Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action.
  • ISBN10 0691020027
  • ISBN13 9780691020020
  • Publish Date 21 March 1979 (first published 22 January 1970)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Princeton University Press