Book contents
- Morality and Metaphysics
- Morality and Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Structure and Scope of the Moral Point of View
- Chapter 1 Reflection and Morality
- Chapter 2 The Idea of Duties to Oneself
- Chapter 3 The Ethics of Reading
- Chapter 4 The Holes in Holism
- Part II Self and World
- Index
Chapter 2 - The Idea of Duties to Oneself
from Part I - The Structure and Scope of the Moral Point of View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2021
Book contents
- Morality and Metaphysics
- Morality and Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Structure and Scope of the Moral Point of View
- Chapter 1 Reflection and Morality
- Chapter 2 The Idea of Duties to Oneself
- Chapter 3 The Ethics of Reading
- Chapter 4 The Holes in Holism
- Part II Self and World
- Index
Summary
The problematic notion of duties to oneself draws upon our nature as beings who are divided between the natural tendency to live our lives from within and our capacity to look at ourselves from without
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- Morality and Metaphysics , pp. 52 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021