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Hardcover. W. J. Mander examines the nature of idealist ethics: the form and content of ethical belief most typically adopted by philosophical idealists. He identifies a tradition of idealist ethics, before going on to argue that such an approach offers an attractive way of looking at moral questions and has much to contribute to contemporary discussion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
W. J. Mander examines the nature of idealist ethics, that is to say, the form and content of ethical belief most typically adopted by philosophical idealists. While there exist many studies of the ethical views of individual idealist philosophers there has been no literature at all on the notion of idealist ethics per se. Never is it asked: at which points, if any, do the ethical systems of all these thinkers overlap, and what relation, if any, do such commonalities bear to their authors' idealism? Never is the question posed: were you suddenly to become convinced of the truth of ... Read more
W. J. Mander examines the nature of idealist ethics, that is to say, the form and content of ethical belief most typically adopted by philosophical idealists. While there exist many studies of the ethical views of individual idealist philosophers there has been no literature at all on the notion of idealist ethics per se. Never is it asked: at which points, if any, do the ethical systems of all these thinkers overlap, and what relation, if any, do such commonalities bear to their authors' idealism? Never is the question posed: were you suddenly to become convinced of the truth of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198748892
SKU
V9780198748892
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About W. J. Mander
W. J. Mander is Professor of the History of Modern Philosophy at Oxford University, where he is also a Fellow of Harris Manchester College. He was educated at University College London and Corpus Christi College Oxford. His main area of research is the British Idealists, although he is also interested in Early Modern Philosophy and Nineteenth Century Philosophy in general. ... Read more
Reviews for Idealist Ethics
the book is highly readable. Mander writes knowledgeably about a great many canonical idealist thinkers, including Plato, Leibniz, Berkeley, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Green, Bradley, Bosanquet, and Royce. One of the book's chief values is considering these philosophers in juxtaposition. Mander additionally seeks to regenerate interest in non-canonical figures who were prominent in their own day, such as Hermann Lotze ... Read more