| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 204 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Altruism, impartiality, and moral demands / Jurgen de Wispelaere -- Gratitude, contribution, and ethical theory / Saul Smilansky -- Altruism, self-interest, and the indistinctness of persons / Keith Graham -- Between egoism and altruism : outlines for a materialist conception of the good / Jeff Noonan -- Is there a paradox of altruism? / Robert Paul Churchill and Erin Street -- 'Are they my poor?' : the problem of altruism in a world of strangers / David Miller -- Good samaritanism : a matter of justice / Cecile Fabre -- Altruism and freedom / Jonathan Seglow -- Canaries in the mines? / Alasdair MacLean -- The right to trade in human body parts / Hillel Steiner. |
| Summary |
This collection examines the nature and value of altruism as a moral virtue, restoring it to its proper place at the centre of our moral and political thinking. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Altruism.
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Altruism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Seglow, Jonathan, 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ethics of altruism. London : Frank Cass, 2004 (DLC) 2003019751 |
| ISBN |
0203319915 (electronic book) |
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0203682777 (electronic book) |
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9780203682777 (electronic book) |
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9780203319918 |
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0203319915 |
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0714655945 (Paper) |
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0714684813 (paperback) |
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