LEADER 01914nam 22004571 450 001 9910817667603321 005 20230630001808.0 010 $a90-04-44839-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004448391 035 $a(CKB)4100000011812060 035 $z(OCoLC)1206371512 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004448391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6526821 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6526821 035 $a(OCoLC)1236899994 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011812060 100 $a20200716d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAltruism or the Other as the Essence of Existence $eA Philosophical Passage to Being Altruistic /$fIraklis Ioannidis 210 1$aLeiden; $aBoston :$cBrill | Rodopi, $d2021. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aValue Inquiry Book Series ;$v363 311 $a90-04-44838-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"The author offers fresh, yet radical, philosophical insights into the much contested topic of altruism. Whereas the debate on altruism, since time immemorial, consists in trying to determine whether we are biologically altruistic or not, Ioannidis explores altruism otherwise. Following Nietzsche, he traces altruism to the phenomenon of promising or giving one's word. His analysis provokes us to think that our possibility to exist cannot be realized without this event"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aValue Inquiry Book Series ;$v363. 517 3 $aA Philosophical Passage to Being Altruistic 606 $aPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy. 676 $a190 700 $aIoannidis$b Iraklis$01683406 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817667603321 996 $aAltruism or the Other as the Essence of Existence$94054108 997 $aUNINA