The Possibility of Altruism
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contribution to ethics
- In ethics: Ethics and reasons for action
In The Possibility of Altruism (1969), he argued that, if Hume’s thesis is true, then the ordinary idea of prudence—i.e., the idea that one’s future pains and pleasures are just as capable of motivating one to act (and to act now) as are one’s present pains…
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