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The Irrationality of Choosing Egoism - A Reply to Eshelman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

David Gauthier
David Gauthier*
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University of Toronto
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Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 179 - 187
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References

1 Eshelman, Larry “Reason, Egoism, and the Prisoner's Dilemma”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 10 (June 1980), pp. 169·177.Google Scholar

2 “Reason and Maximization”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 4 (March 1975), pp. 424-427.

3 The first argument is developed in sec. II of his paper, the second in sec. Ill. I hope that my brief formulation captures his reasoning.

4 “Reason and Maximization”, pp. 427-428.

5 “Reason, Egoism, and the Prisoner's Dilemma”, p. 174.

6 “Morality and Advantage”, Philosophical Review 66 (October 1967), pp. 470474.

7 Ibid., p. 473.

8 “Reason and Maximization”, pp. 429-430.

9 “Reason, Egoism, and the Prisoner's Dilemma”, p. 176.

10 Ibid., p. 176.

11 “Rational Cooperation”, Nous 8 (March, 1974), pp. 53-65.

12 “The Impossibility of Rational Egoism”,Joumal of Philosophy 71 (August 15 1974),

13 “Reason and Maximization”, pp. 432-433; “Morality and Advantage”, pp.468-470.