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Sacrifice regained : morality and self-interest in British moral philosophy from Hobbes to Bentham /

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From Thomas Hobbes to Jeremy Bentham, 'British Moralists' have questioned whether being virtuous makes you happy. Roger Crisp elucidaties their views on happiness and virtue, self-interest and sacrifice, and well-being and morality, and highlights key themes such as psychological egoism, e...

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Main Author: Crisp, Roger, 1961- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Ethics > Great Britain > History.
Morale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY.
Modern.
Ethics
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:From Thomas Hobbes to Jeremy Bentham, 'British Moralists' have questioned whether being virtuous makes you happy. Roger Crisp elucidaties their views on happiness and virtue, self-interest and sacrifice, and well-being and morality, and highlights key themes such as psychological egoism, evaluative hedonism, and moral reason in their thought.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780191880131
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