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Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy

By J. B. Schneewind

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
019957667X, 9780199576678, 0199563012, 9780199563012
LCC
BJ301 .S345 2010
Open Library ID
OL24467677M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2457047 bytes)
Pages
352\466
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

J. B. Schneewind presents a selection of his published essays on ethics, the history of ethics and moral psychology, together with a new piece offering an intellectual autobiography. The volume ranges across the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries: it includes Schneewind's early anti-foundationalist "Moral Knowledge and Moral Principles," the classic "The Misfortunes of Virtue," and other early essays on Kant's relation to pre-Kantian moral philosophy; also a long piece on "The Active Powers," and Schneewind's own interpretation of Kant's moral philosophy. These writings provide excellent introductions to Schneewind's two long books, and supplement them in important ways.

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