Emotional Amoral Egoism

Emotional Amoral Egoism
Author: Nayef Al-Rodhan
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0718848349

What makes us who we are? Are we born good or evil? Do we have free will? What drives our behaviour and why? Can technology change what it means to be human? In this thoroughly revised second edition of Emotional Amoral Egoism, Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan demonstrates the impact of our innate predispositions on key issues, from conflict, inequality and transcultural understanding to Big Data, fake news and the social contract. However, it is the societies we live in and their governance structures that largely determine how we act on our innate predispositions. Consequently, Al-Rodhan proposes a new and sustainable good governance paradigm, which must reconcile the ever-present tension between the three attributes of human nature ('Emotional Amoral Egoism') and the nine critical needs of human dignity. This book is a perfect resource for enlightened readers, academics and policy makers interested in how our innate instincts and tendencies shape the world we live in, and how the interplay between neurophilosophy and policy can be harnessed for pragmatic and sustainable peace, security and prosperity solutions for all, at all times and under all circumstances.

Emotional Amoral Egoism

Emotional Amoral Egoism
Author: Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0718895738

What makes us who we are? Are we born good or evil? Do we have free will? What drives our behaviour and why? Can technology change what it means to be human? In this thoroughly revised second edition of Emotional Amoral Egoism, Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan demonstrates the impact of our innate predispositions on key issues, from conflict, inequality and transcultural understanding to Big Data, fake news and the social contract. However, it is the societies we live in and their governance structures that largely determine how we act on our innate predispositions. Consequently, Al-Rodhan proposes a new and sustainable good governance paradigm, which must reconcile the ever-present tension between the three attributes of human nature (‘Emotional Amoral Egoism’) and the nine critical needs of human dignity. This book is a perfect resource for enlightened readers, academics and policy makers interested in how our innate instincts and tendencies shape the world we live in, and how the interplay between neurophilosophy and policy can be harnessed for pragmatic and sustainable peace, security and prosperity solutions for all, at all times and under all circumstances.

The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, Volume 2

The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, Volume 2
Author: Alan Donagan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226155715

A major voice in late twentieth-century philosophy, Alan Donagan is distinguished for his theories on the history of philosophy and the nature of morality. The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, volumes 1 and 2, collect 28 of Donagan's most important and best-known essays on historical understanding and ethics from 1957 to 1991. Volume 2 addresses issues in the philosophy of action and moral theory. With papers on Kant, von Wright, Sellars, and Chisholm, this volume also covers a range of questions in applied ethics—from the morality of Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ethical questions in medicine and law.

Private&Public Individuals

Private&Public Individuals
Author: Daniela Gobetti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2002-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134969260

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Oxford Handbook of Dewey

The Oxford Handbook of Dewey
Author: Steven Fesmire
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Total Pages: 809
Release: 2019
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190491191

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.