Prolegomena to Ethics

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-926643-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 632 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 876 g

T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883) is a classic of modern philosophy. It begins with Green's idealist attack on empiricist metaphysics and epistemology and develops a perfectionist ethical theory that aims to bring together the best elements in the ancient and modern traditions, and that provides the moral foundations for Green's own distinctive brand of liberalism. David Brink's new edition will restore this great work to prominence, after two decades in which it has been hard to obtain.

The present edition uses the text of the fifth edition, accompanied by a new introductory essay, bibliographical essay, and index. Translations are provided for Green's quotations from other languages. Of particular importance is the editor's extended introductory essay, which situates the Prolegomena in its intellectual context, sympathetically but critically engages its main themes, and explains Green's enduring significance for the history of philosophy and contemporary ethical theory. Students and scholars of the history of ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth century philosophy will find this new edition an invaluable resource.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, T. H.

Green, Thomas Hill

Brink, David O.

Brink, David Owen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction to the 2003 Edition

- Bibliographical Essay

- Preface to the Fifth Edition (1906)

- Preface to the First Edition (1883)

- Analytical Table of Contents

- PROLEGOMENA TO ETHICS

- Endnote: Translations

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

({836-1882} White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford) / Brink, David O. (Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, USA)