The Possibility of Altruism
| By: | Thomas Nagel |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780691020020 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781400884490 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1979 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.