Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy
Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy
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Summary
Sidgwick's work on ethics has dominated British and American philosophy since his time. This study shows how his arguments and conclusions represent rational developments of the work of his predecessors, and brings out the nature and structure of the reasoning underlying his position.
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Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy by J B Schneewind
Henry Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics gave the problems of ethics the form in which they have dominated British and American philosophy ever since. In this historical study of Sidgwick's philosophy, J.B. Schneewind demonstrates how Sidgwick's work developed rationally out of the work of his predecessors and examines the reasoning underlying Sidgwick's arguments and conclusions. Beginning with an overview of Sidgwick's intellectual development, moving on to a philosophical commentary on the Methods, and concluding with an investigation of Sidgwick's response to evolutionism, idealism, and the writing of his History of Ethics, Schneewind offers a sound historical grasp of the problems Sidgwick was trying to solve as well as a clear understanding of the solutions he offered.J. B. Schneewind is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He has studied at Cornell and Princeton and has taught at Chicago, Yale, Princeton, Hunter, Stanford, Leicester, Halle, Helsinki, and Johns Hopkins. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has been
Chair of the Board of the Americal Philosopical Association and was awarded a Quinn Prize for Distinguished Service.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198249313 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198249314 |
| Title | Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy |
| Author | J B Schneewind |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1986-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 482 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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