The pragmatist conception of altruism and reciprocity

• Authors: Emil Višňovský
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper provides an account of the pragmatist philosophical conception of reciprocity and altruism based on the ontology of “panrelationalism”. The Deweyan concepts of transaction and cooperation are also outlined in some detail as well as the pragmatist (Rortyan) idea of justice. The author attempts to show that altruism is not necessarily just reciprocal but demands as its supplement (at least) altruism without reciprocation.

Keywords

EN

pragmatism; panrelationalism; transaction; cooperation; justice; altruism; reciprocity

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 437-453

Dates

published

2011-12-01

online

2011-12-25

Contributors

author

Emil Višňovský

• Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-011-0042-4