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The foundation and construction of ethics, compiled from his lectures on practical philosophy by Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand.
Author
Brentano, Franz, 1838-1917
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Uniform title
Grundlegung und Aufbau der Ethik.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
English ed. edited and translated by Elizabeth Hughes Schneewind.
Published/Created
London, Routledge & K. Paul; New York, Humanities Press [1973]
Description
viii, 390 pages 22 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BJ1111 .B74613 1973
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Subject(s)
Ethics
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Editor
Mayer-Hillebrand, Franziska, 1885-
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Schneewind, Elizabeth Hughes
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Series
International library of philosophy and scientific method
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Notes
Translation of Grundlegung und Aufbau der Ethik.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE THE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL KNOWLEDGE
I. The Extent to which the Principles of Ethical Knoelwdge can be an Object of Investigation and Controversy
ii. The Dispute about the Principles of Ethical Knoelwdge
III. Are the Principles of Ethics Cognitions or Feelings?
IV. Are the Epistemological Principles Underlying Ethics Synthetic a Priori Cognitions? V. The Concept of the Right End
VI Critique of the Various Definitions of the Right End
VII A New Attempt to Give Ethics a Foundation
VIII. Objections to the Theory of the Principles of Ethical Knowledge Presented in the Previous Chapter, and Replies to the Objections
PART TWO THE SUPREME PRACTICAL GOOD
I. Hedonism
II. The Good within the Sphere of our own Mental Activity
III. The Good outside the Sphere of our own Mental Activity
IV The Relative Value of Goods
V. The Supreme Practical Good
PART THREE THE FREEDOM OF THE WILL
I. Freedom in the Sense of the Supremacy of the Will
II. The Dispute between Determinism and Indeterminism
III. Three Further Possible Meanings of Freedom of the Will
PART FOUR MORALITY IN GENERAL
I. Conditional and Absolute Aspects of Moral Standards
II. The Domain of Morality
III. Differences of Degree within the Moral Sphere
IV. The Erring Conscience and the Doubting Conscience
PART FIVE INDIVIDUAL MORAL PRECEPTS
I. The Value of Moral Precepts of Intermediate Generality
II. The Traditional Classifications of Moral Precepts
III. Variations in the Precepts According to the Situation of the Actor
IV. Duties of Justice and Duties of Love
V. Complex Offenses
PART SIX REALIZING MORAL PRECEPTS
I. Moral Dispositions
II. Moral Guidance
III. Social Relations Based upon Virtue
EDITOR'S FOREWORD TO THE GERMAN EDITION
INDEX.
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ISBN
071007364X
9780710073648
LCCN
73159255
OCLC
629062
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