num_pages: 158
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Possibility of Altruism
titlecomplete: The Possibility of Altruism
genres: Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 152
publisher: Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ)