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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822365503321

Titolo

Metaethics, egoism, and virtue : studies in Ayn Rand's normative theory / / Allan Gotthelf, editor ; James G. Lennox, associate editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-8229-7759-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Collana

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies

Classificazione

08.38

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Normativity (Ethics)

Egoism

Virtue

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reasoning about ends : life as a value in Ayn Rand's ethics / Darryl Wright -- The choice to value / Allan Gotthelf -- The foundations of the ethics : objectivism and analytic philosophy / Irfan Khawaja -- Egoism and eudaimonism : replies to Khawaja / Paul Bloomfield -- Nietzsche and Rand as virtuous egoists / Christine Swanton -- Virtue and sacrifice : response to Swanton / Darryl Wright -- Rational selves, friends, and the social virtues / Helen Cullyer -- Egoistic relations with others : response to Cullyer / Tara Smith -- Virtuous egoism and virtuous altruism / Christine Swanton -- On altruism, and on the role of virtues in Rand's egoism : response to Swanton / Tara Smith -- What is included in virtue? / Lester H. Hunt -- The primacy of action in virtue : response to Hunt / Tara Smith.