Self-interest : an anthology of philosophical perspectives

Abstract

Classical Era - Democritus Plato Aristotle Stoicism. Epicureanism Medieval Era - Augustine of Hippo Thomas Aquinas. Modern Era - Thomas Hobbes Pierre Nicole Bernard Mandeville Joseph Butler Francis Hutcheson David Hume Adam Smith Immanuel Kant. 19th Century - Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Henry Sidgwick William James Friedrich Nietzsche. 20th Century - John Dewey Ayn Rand David Gauthier.