Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Postscript vii
4. Contents ix
5. Part One: Ethics and Human Motivation
6. I. The Foundation of Morals 3
7. II. The Traditional Controversy 7
8. III. The Solution 13
9. IV. Necessity and Interpretation 18
10. Part Two: Subjective Reasons and Prudence
11. V. Desires 27
12. VI. Prudential Motives and the Present 33
13. VII. Reasons 47
14. VIII. The Interpretation of Prudential Reasons: Identity over Time 57
15. Part Three: Objective Reasons and Altruism
16. IX. Altruism: The Intuitive Issue 79
17. X. Objective Reasons 90
18. XI. Solipsism, Dissociation, and the Impersonal Standpoint 99
19. XII. The Interpretation of Objective Reasons 116
20. XIII. The Consequences 125
21. XIV. Conclusion 143
22. Index 147