TY - JOUR
T1 - XV - Self-interest and self-sacrifice
AU - Rosati, Connie S.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Stephen Darwall has recently suggested (following work by Mark Overvold) that theories which identify a person's good with her own ranking of concerns do not properly delimit the 'scope' of welfare, making self-sacrifice conceptually impossible. But whether a theory of welfare makes self-sacrifice impossible depends on what self-sacrifice is. I offer an alternative analysis to Overvold's, explaining why self-interest and self-sacrifice need not be opposed, and so why the problems of delimiting the scope of welfare and of allowing for self-sacrifice are distinct. If my analysis is correct, desire theories may allow for self-sacrifice however they delimit the scope of welfare.
AB - Stephen Darwall has recently suggested (following work by Mark Overvold) that theories which identify a person's good with her own ranking of concerns do not properly delimit the 'scope' of welfare, making self-sacrifice conceptually impossible. But whether a theory of welfare makes self-sacrifice impossible depends on what self-sacrifice is. I offer an alternative analysis to Overvold's, explaining why self-interest and self-sacrifice need not be opposed, and so why the problems of delimiting the scope of welfare and of allowing for self-sacrifice are distinct. If my analysis is correct, desire theories may allow for self-sacrifice however they delimit the scope of welfare.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9264.2009.00269.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9264.2009.00269.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:74549161449
SN - 0066-7374
VL - 109
SP - 311
EP - 325
JO - Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
JF - Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
IS - 1 PART 3
ER -