The Basis of Morality - Brossura

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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ISBN 10: 0486446530 ISBN 13: 9780486446530

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2005

Riassunto

Persuasive and humane, this classic of philosophy represents one of the nineteenth century's most significant treatises on ethics. The Basis of Morality offers Schopenhauer's fullest examination of traditional ethical themes, and it articulates a descriptive form of ethics that contradicts the rationally based prescriptive theories.
Starting with his polemic against Kant's ethics of duty, Schopenhauer anticipates the latter-day critics of moral philosophy. Arguing that compassion forms the basis of morality, he outlines a perspective on ethics in which passion and desire correspond to different moral characters, behaviors, and worldviews. In conclusion, Schopenhauer defines his metaphysics of morals, employing Kant's transcendental idealism to illustrate both the interconnectiveness of being and the affinity of his ethics to Eastern thought.

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Translator's Preface to the Second Edition Translator's Preface to the First Edition Translator's Introduction The Question Part I. Introduction Chapter I. The problem Chapter II. General Retrospect Part II. Critique of Kant's Basis of Ethics Chapter I. Preliminary Remarks Chapter II. On the Imperative Form of the Kantian Ethics Chapter III. On the Assumption of Duties Towards Ourselves in Particular Chapter IV. On the Basis of the Kantian Ethics Note Chapter V. On the Leading Principle of the Kantian Ethics Chapter VI. On the Derived Forms of the Leading Principle of the Kantian Ethics Chapter VII. Kant's Doctrine of Conscience Chapter VIII. Kant's Doctrine of the Intelligible and Empirical Character. Theory of Freedom Note Chapter IX. Fichte's Ethics as a Magnifying Glass for the Errors of the Kantian Part III. The Founding of Ethics Chapter I. Conditions of the problem Chapter II. Sceptical View Chapter III. Antimoral Incentives Chapter IV. Criterion of Actions of Moral Worth Chapter V. Statement and Proof of the Only True Moral Incentive Chapter VI. The Virtue of Justice Chapter VII. The Virtue of Loving-Kindness Chapter VIII. The Proof Now Given Confirmed by Experience Chapter IX. On the Ethical Difference of Character Part IV. On the Metaphysical Explanation of the Primal Ethical Phaenomenon Chapter I. How This Appendix Must Be Understood Chapter II. The Metaphysical Groundwork judicum regiae danicae scientiarum societatis

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Book by Schopenhauer Arthur

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0486446530
• ISBN 13: 9780486446530
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 146
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile