On the Basis of Morality (Hackett Classics)

Schopenhauer, Arthur

ISBN 10: 0872204421 / ISBN 13: 9780872204423

Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1999

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Synopsis:

This edition originally published by Berghahn Books.

Schopenhauer's treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Paynes definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translators preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant's work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added.

Review:

Schopenhauer's "On the Basis of Morality" deserves to be a standard text for courses in religious ethics. It doesn t fit into the prevalent genealogies of virtue ethics and utilitarianism, thus reminding us of other genealogies (pessimism, Nietzsche, Buddhism). It poses fundamental questions about the monotheistic background to the dominant ethical systems of the day as virtually no other work does. I have found that reading it after an intensive study of Kant's ethical and religious writings leads to fantastic discussions, which open the floor for great insights into the relation of religion and ethics.--Mark Larrimore, Princeton University"

Schopenhauer's On the Basis of Morality deserves to be a standard text for courses in religious ethics. It doesn't fit into the prevalent genealogies of virtue ethics and utilitarianism, thus reminding us of other genealogies (pessimism, Nietzsche, Buddhism). It poses fundamental questions about the monotheistic background to the dominant ethical systems of the day as virtually no other work does. I have found that reading it after an intensive study of Kant's ethical and religious writings leads to fantastic discussions, which open the floor for great insights into the relation of religion and ethics.--Mark Larrimore, Princeton University

Bibliographic Details

Title: On the Basis of Morality (Hackett Classics)
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good