Ethics: Origin and Development (Vol. 8 of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin)

Kropotkin, Peter / Translated by Louis S.Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff

ISBN 10: 1895431360 / ISBN 13: 9781895431360

Published by Black Rose Books, Montreal / New York, 1992

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349 pp., xxxii. NAP. Introduction by George Woodcock (1992), pp. vii-xxi; Translators' Preface (1924), pp. xxiii-xxiv; Introduction by the Russian Editor, N. Lebedev (1922), pp. xxv-xxxii. Contents in 13 Chapters: I. "The Present Need of Determining the Bases of Morality"; II. "The Gradually Evolving Bases of the New Ethics"; III. "The Moral Principle in Nature"; IV. "Moral Conceptions of Primitive Peoples"; V. "Development of Moral Teachings--Ancient Greece"; VI. "Christianity--The Middle Ages--The Renaissance"; VII. "Development of Moral Teachings in The Modern Era--XVII and XVIII Centuries"; VIII. "Development of Moral Teachings in The Modern Era--XVII and XVIII Centuries (continued)"; IX. "Development of Moral Teachings in The Modern Era--End of the VXIII[sic] Century and Beginning of the XIX Century"; X. "Development of Moral Teachings--XIX Century"; XI. Development of Moral Teachings--XIX Century (continued)"; XIII. "Development of Moral Teachings--XIX Century (concluded)"; Index, pp. 341-349. Glossy brown and white wraps with full front cover photo-portrait of Kropotkin in spectacles and large white beard looking toward reader, title lettering in light green across bottom third front cover; author name letters across top front cover. Very slight slant to spine and one surface spine crease which has NO corresponding crack to spine, else As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ethics: Origin and Development (Vol. 8 of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin)
• Publisher: Black Rose Books, Montreal / New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1895431360
• ISBN 13: 9781895431360
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Ethics is the swan song of the great humanitarian scientist and anarchist, Peter Kropotkin. It constitutes, as it were, the crowning work and the resume of all his scientific, philosophical, and sociological views, at which he arrived in the course of his long and unusually rich life.   Starting with the moral principle in nature, to the moral conceptions of primitive peoples, Kropotkin traces the development of moral teachings from Ancient Greece, Christianity and the Middle Ages, through to the 19th century philosophers. In this way, Ethics gives answers to two fundamental problems of morality: its origin and historical development, and its goals and standards.   A realist and a revolutionist, Kropotkin regarded ethics not as an abstract science of human conduct, but as a concrete scientific discipline, whose object it was to inspire people in their practical activities. According to his theory, mutual aid, justice and self-sacrifice are the three elements of morality and these elements lie at the basis of human ethics. He held that ethics should be one and the same for all people - that no matter what class or party one might belong, we were all, first of all, human beings.   In his introduction, George Woodcock, a great humanitarian in his own right, describes the background from out of which Kropotkin was moved to write this unforgettable work. He introduces the reader, not only to the political and social climate, but also to the man and his innermost concerns.  Ethics is the 8th volume of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin, published by Black Rose Books.