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On the Basis of Morality
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Description for On the Basis of Morality
Presents a wide-ranging critique of Kant's ethics, one that anticipates the work of contemporary critics of modern moral philosophy like that of G E M Anscombe, Philippa Foot, and Richard Taylor. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
This edition originally published by Berghahn Books.
Schopenhauer's treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Payne’s definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translator’s preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant's work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added.
Product Details
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872203990
SKU
V9780872203990
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About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher whose work was a reaction to Hegelian idealism and constitutes one of the pillars of Western pessimist thought. He is the author of such seminal texts as Parerga and Paralipomena, The Wisdom of Life, and The World as Will and Representation.
Reviews for On the Basis of Morality
Schopenhauer's On the Basis of Morality deserves to be a standard text for courses in religious ethics. It doesn’t fit into the prevalent genealogies of virtue ethics and utilitarianism, thus reminding us of other genealogies (pessimism, Nietzsche, Buddhism). It poses fundamental questions about the monotheistic background to the dominant ethical systems of the day as virtually no other work does. ... Read more