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Self-Interest discusses the reconciliation of inevitable self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the efforts of twenty three renown philosophers to address the matter of how to bring about such a reconciliation. The drive for self-preservation, as observed by Aquinas, is the first law of nature. With this self-love, however, comes the threat of "the excessive love of self". Self-Interest brings into discussion the reconciliation of necessary self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the work of twenty-three important philosophers to address the question of how to bring about such a reconciliation. Contributors include: Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas,Hobbes, Nicole, Mandeville, Butler, Hutchenson, Hume, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill, James, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand, and Gauthier.

Self-Interest discusses the reconciliation of inevitable self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the efforts of twenty three renown philosophers to address the matter of how to bring about such a reconciliation. The drive for self-preservation, as observed by Aquinas, is the first law of nature. With this self-love, however, comes the threat of "the excessive love of self". Self-Interest brings into discussion the reconciliation of necessary self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the work of twenty-three important philosophers to address the question of how to bring about such a reconciliation. Contributors include: Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas,Hobbes, Nicole, Mandeville, Butler, Hutchenson, Hume, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill, James, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand, and Gauthier.

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Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?Christopher Morris, The Trouble With JusticeMathias Risse, Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of the Higher MenRichard Joyce, Morality, SchmoralityDavid Schmidtz, Because It's RightThomas Nagel, The Value of InviolabilitySamuel Scheffler, Potential CongruenceStephen Finlay, Too Much MoralityTerence Irwin Scotus and the Possibility of Moral MotivationRalph Wedgwood, Butler on Virtue, Self Interest, and Human NatureJulia Annas, Virtue Ethics and the Charge of EgoismW.D. Falk, Morality, Self, and OthersPaul Bloomfield, Why It's Bad To Be BadJoel Kupperman, Classical and Sour Forms of VirtueMichael Stocker, Shame and Guilt; Self Interest and Morality

Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other?Christopher Morris, The Trouble With JusticeMathias Risse, Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of the Higher MenRichard Joyce, Morality, SchmoralityDavid Schmidtz, Because It's RightThomas Nagel, The Value of InviolabilitySamuel Scheffler, Potential CongruenceStephen Finlay, Too Much MoralityTerence Irwin Scotus and the Possibility of Moral MotivationRalph Wedgwood, Butler on Virtue, Self Interest, and Human NatureJulia Annas, Virtue Ethics and the Charge of EgoismW.D. Falk, Morality, Self, and OthersPaul Bloomfield, Why It's Bad To Be BadJoel Kupperman, Classical and Sour Forms of VirtueMichael Stocker, Shame and Guilt; Self Interest and Morality

For decades social scientists have observed that Americans are becoming more selfish, headstrong and callous. Instead of lamenting a cultural slide towards narcissism, this book provides comprehensive research on both the problems of egocentrism and ways of transcending it.

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral? Can morality and self-interest be understood independently of each other? Christopher Morris, The Trouble With Justice Mathias Risse, Nietzsche on Selfishness, Justice, and the Duties of the Higher Men Richard Joyce, Morality, Schmorality David Schmidtz, Because It's Right Thomas Nagel, The Value of Inviolability Samuel Scheffler, Potential Congruence Stephen Finlay, Too Much Morality Terence Irwin Scotus and the Possibility of Moral Motivation Ralph Wedgwood, Butler on Virtue, Self Interest, and Human Nature Julia Annas, Virtue Ethics and the Charge of EgoismW.D. Falk, Morality, Self, and Others Paul Bloomfield, Why It's Bad To Be Bad Joel Kupperman, Classical and Sour Forms of Virtue Michael Stocker, Shame and Guilt; Self Interest and Morality

Why are we in such a financial mess today? There are lots of proximate causes: over-leverage, global imbalances, bad financial technology that lead to widespread underestimation of risk. But these are all symptoms. Until we isolate and tackle fundamental causes, we will fail to extirpate the disease. ECONned is the first book to examine the unquestioned role of economists as policy-makers, and how they helped create an unmitigated economic disaster.Here, Yves Smith looks at how economists in key policy positions put doctrine before hard evidence, ignoring the deteriorating conditions and rising dangers that eventually led them, and us, off the cliff and into financial meltdown. Intelligently written for the layman, Smith takes us on a terrifying investigation of the financial realm over the last twenty-five years of misrepresentations, naive interpretations of economic conditions, rationalizations of bad outcomes, and rejection of clear signs of growing instability. In eConned, author Yves Smith reveals:--why the measures taken by the Obama Administration are mere palliatives and are unlikely to pave the way for a solid recovery--how economists have come to play a profoundly anti-democratic role in policy--how financial models and concepts that were discredited more than thirty years ago are still widely used by banks, regulators, and investors--how management and employees of major financial firms looted them, enriching themselves and leaving the mess to taxpayers--how financial regulation enabled predatory behavior by Wall Street towards investors --how economics has no theory of financial systems, yet economists fearlessly prescribe how to manage them

A concise and engaging approach to the study of representative government in America, this book focuses on theory and critique as opposed to endless description. Beginning with an analysis of James Madison's defense of republican government, Republic at Risk: Self-Interest in American Politics develops a thought-provoking theme: the need to enhance the democratic, representative, and participatory nature of American politics and government. The author's straightforward, honest study of the current system of American government, given the problems of our nation, the world, and the human race, stimulates critical thinking. The concept of self-interest, so central to Madison's Republic, is examined from several perspectives as it applies to citizens and to elites in American politics.

A concise and engaging approach to the study of representative government in America, this book focuses on theory and critique as opposed to endless description. Beginning with an analysis of James Madison's defense of republican government, Republic at Risk: Self-Interest in American Politics develops a thought-provoking theme: the need to enhance the democratic, representative, and participatory nature of American politics and government. The author's straightforward, honest study of the current system of American government, given the problems of our nation, the world, and the human race, stimulates critical thinking. The concept of self-interest, so central to Madison's Republic, is examined from several perspectives as it applies to citizens and to elites in American politics.

Morality and Rational Self-Interest (Central Issues in Philosophy Series)viii, 184 pp. '[A] collection of readings exploring the relations of reason, self-interest, and morality... Is self-interest rational? Is moral motivation based on interest? Is morality advantageous? The book is intended, not to provide answers to these questions, but to present different viewpoints to the reader as a basis for his own reflections.' Includes contributions by, and excerpts from, the following authors: Henry Sidgwick; G.E. Moore; Brian Medlin; Jesse Kalin; Francis Hutcheson; David Hume; H.A. Prichard; Thomas Hobbes; Kurt Baier; David P. Gauthier.Keywords: PHILOSOPHY ETHICS MORALITY RATIONAL SELF INTEREST PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES

Morality and Rational Self-Interest (Central Issues in Philosophy Series)viii, 184 pp. '[A] collection of readings exploring the relations of reason, self-interest, and morality... Is self-interest rational? Is moral motivation based on interest? Is morality advantageous? The book is intended, not to provide answers to these questions, but to present different viewpoints to the reader as a basis for his own reflections.' Includes contributions by, and excerpts from, the following authors: Henry Sidgwick; G.E. Moore; Brian Medlin; Jesse Kalin; Francis Hutcheson; David Hume; H.A. Prichard; Thomas Hobbes; Kurt Baier; David P. Gauthier.Keywords: PHILOSOPHY ETHICS MORALITY RATIONAL SELF INTEREST PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES

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Winner of the 2009 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship! Irwin Hirsch, author of Coasting in the Countertransference, asserts that countertransference experience always has the potential to be used productively to benefit patients. However, he also observes that it is not unusual for analysts to 'coast' in their countertransferences, and to not use this experience to help treatment progress toward reaching patients' and analysts' stated analytic goals. He believes that it is quite common that analysts who have some conscious awareness of a problematic aspect of countertransference participation, or of a mutual enactment, nevertheless do nothing to change that participation and to use their awareness to move the therapy forward. Instead, analysts may prefer to maintain what has developed into perhaps a mutually comfortable equilibrium in the treatment, possibly rationalizing that the patient is not yet ready to deal with any potential disruption that a more active use of countertransference might precipitate. This 'coasting' is emblematic of what Hirsch believes to be an ever present (and rarely addressed) conflict between analysts’ self-interest and pursuit of comfortable equilibrium, and what may be ideal for patients’ achievement of analytic aims. The acknowledgment of the power of analysts’ self-interest further highlights the contemporary view of a truly two-person psychology conception of psychoanalytic praxis. Analysts’ embrace of their selfish pursuit of comfortable equilibrium reflects both an acknowledgment of the analyst as a flawed other, and a potential willingness to abandon elements of self-interest for the greater good of the therapeutic project.

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The first new form of community organizing since Saul Alinsky, this book connects the poor to the rest of society. Written in a logical, teachable, and pragmatic style, Consensus Organizing: Building Communities of Mutual Self Interest is a model of social change for the 21st century. Through real examples, author Mike Eichler illustrates how anyone can practice consensus organizing and help the poor, forgotten, and disempowered.

As a successful managing strategy for corporate. governmental, and nonprofit organizations, ""stewardship"" is, fundamentally, the spirit of partnership and service. Stewardship explains how to integrate the management of work and the doing of work to redistribute purpose and power within an organization.

This book is almost certain to anger the individuals it studies. Odendahl interviewed over 140 wealthy American philanthropists regarding their charitable activities, and through interpretative analysis, she suggests that the rich support upper-class charitable interests, such as private colleges, while basic human services are neglected. Despite politicians' rhetoric, the private sector is unlikely to compensate for cutbacks in government social programs, she concludes. Reasonable objections can be made to some of Odendahl's interpretations, especially those that stray into psychoanalysis (is guilt reduction really a motive toward philanthropy?), but her argument is so passionate that it merits discussion. Both public and academic libraries will want this.- Gregg Sapp, Montana State Univ. Lib., BozemanCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

When it comes to politics, we often perceive our own beliefs as fair and socially beneficial, while seeing opposing views as merely self-serving. But in fact most political views are governed by self-interest, even if we usually don't realize it. Challenging our fiercely held notions about what motivates us politically, this book explores how self-interest divides the public on a host of hot-button issues, from abortion and the legalization of marijuana to same-sex marriage, immigration, affirmative action, and income redistribution.Expanding the notion of interests beyond simple economics, Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban look at how people's interests clash when it comes to their sex lives, social status, family, and friends. Drawing on a wealth of data, they demonstrate how different groups form distinctive bundles of political positions that often stray far from what we typically think of as liberal or conservative. They show how we engage in unconscious rationalization to justify our political positions, portraying our own views as wise, benevolent, and principled while casting our opponents' views as thoughtless and greedy.While many books on politics seek to provide partisans with new ways to feel good about their own side, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind illuminates the hidden drivers of our politics, even if it's a picture neither side will find flattering.