A Manual of Ethics - Couverture souple

MacKenzie, John S

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596053151 ISBN 13 : 9781596053151

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2005

Synopsis

The ethos of a people... we may say, constitutes the atmosphere in which the best members of a race habitually live... -from "The Virtues" Offered as a textbook for university students and drawing from both classical and modern schools of philosophical thought-from Aristotle and the Bible to Mill, Hume, and Kant-this comprehensive 1901 overview of the universe of ethical thought is still a valuable resource today. The fascinating discussions within explore: . the nature of ethics . the art of conduct . ethics and the physical sciences . ethics and economics . psychological hedonism . the true sense of freedom . the origin of conscience . the moral connoisseur . the general problem of authority . the social universe . theories of punishment . morality and religion . and more. A book to dip into at random or to read in-depth, this is as fresh and original today as it was a century ago. British philosopher JOHN STUART MACKENZIE (1860-1935) was professor of logic and philosophy at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This handbook is intended primarily for the use of private students, and especially for those who are preparing for such examinations in Ethics as those conducted by the University of London. It is hoped, however, that it will be found useful also by other classes of readers. I ts design is to give, in brief compass, an outline of the most important principles of ethical doctrine, so far as these can be understood without a knowledge of Metaphysics. To do this satisfactorily is by no means easy; and I can hardly hope that I have been successful in overcoming the difficulties. The theory of Ethics must, I believe, in the end rest on Metaphysics; and what it is possible to do without Metaphysics can be little more than a clearing of the ground, and a leading up to the metaphysical principles that are involved in the subject The system of metaphysical truth, however, is like a city with many gates; and perhaps the student may enter it by the ethical gate as profitably as by any other. It has been my aim, at any rate, to conduct the student gradually inwards from the psychological outworks to the metaphysical foundation. It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that the metaphysical point of view adopted in this Manual is that of the school of Idealism .e.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1907 edition by W. B. Clive; University Tutorial Press Ltd., London. The University Tutorial Series. Sixth Impression (Fourth Edition)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1596053151
• ISBN 13: 9781596053151
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 492
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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