{"product_id":"self-interest-paperback-softback","title":"Self-Interest - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelf-Interest\u003c\/em\u003e discusses the reconciliation of inevitable self-concern with its manifest potential for harm. This anthology brings together the efforts of twenty three renown philosophers to address the matter of how to bring about such a reconciliation. The drive for self-preservation, as observed by Aquinas, is the first law of nature. With this self-love, however, comes the threat of \"the excessive love of self\". \u003cem\u003eSelf-Interest\u003c\/em\u003e brings into discussion the reconciliation of necessary self-concern with its manifest potential for harm.\u003cbr\u003e This anthology brings together the work of twenty-three important philosophers to address the question of how to bring about such a reconciliation. Contributors include: Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas,Hobbes, Nicole, Mandeville, Butler, Hutchenson, Hume, Smith, Kant, Bentham, Mill, James, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand, and Gauthier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45584901439726,"sku":"9780415912525","price":42.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415912525.jpg?v=1721115128","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/self-interest-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}