Russell on Ethics: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell - Softcover

Russell, Bertrand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415156602 ISBN 13: 9780415156608

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Russell on Ethics presents a coherent and comprehensive collection of Russell's ethical writings, drawing on a wide range of his publications on ethical concerns, many of which have been difficult to access by students and general readers. Charles Pigden provides an accessible introduction to the papers, situating them within the field of ethics as a whole and detailed annotations on the papers themselves, analysing their arguments and exploring their relevance to current concerns. Russell on Ethics represents a valuable insight into Russell as an ethicist, which will be useful to both specialist and non-specialist alike.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text presents a comprehensive collection of Bertrand Russell's ethical writings, drawing on a range of his publications on ethical concerns, many of which have been difficult to access by students and general readers. Charles Pigden provides an introduction to the papers, situating them within the field of ethics as a whole, and detailed annotations on the papers themselves, analyzing their arguments and exploring their relevance to current concerns. The book represents a insight into Russell as an ethicist, which should be useful to both the specialist and the non-specialist alike.

About the Author:

Charles Pidgin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is the author of a number of papers on Bertrand Russell and on meta-ethics generally, including the chapter 'Naturalism' in Peter Singer's prize winning A Companion to Ethics(Oxford 1991)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0415156602
• ISBN 13: 9780415156608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272