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1 online resource (x, 234 pages) |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; I ALTRUISTIC EMOTIONS AND THE KANTIAN VIEW; II ALTRUISTIC EMOTIONS AS MORAL MOTIVATION; III FRIENDSHIP, BENEFICENCE, AND IMPARTIALITY; IV FRIENDSHIP AS A MORAL PHENOMENON; V DIRECT ALTRUISM, UNIVERSALIZABILITY, AND CONSISTENCY; VI ALTRUISTIC EMOTION, REASON, AND PERCEPTION; VII THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF ALTRUISTIC EMOTIONS; VIII WILL, EMOTION, AND THE SELF; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Friendship, Altruism, and Morality, originally published in 1980, gives an account of "altruistic emotions" (compassion, sympathy, concern) and friendship that brings out their moral value. Blum argues that moral theories centered on rationality, universal principle, obligation, and impersonality cannot capture this moral importance. This was one of the first books in contemporary moral philosophy to emphasize the moral significance of emotions, to deal with friendship as a moral phenomenon, and to challenge the rationalism of standard interpretations of Kant, although Blum's " |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Friendship.
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Altruism
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Ethics.
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Altruism
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Ethics
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Friendship
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203857304 |
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0203857305 |
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