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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450544403321

Autore

Schleiermacher Friedrich <1768-1834, >

Titolo

Lectures on philosophical ethics / / edited by Robert Louden ; translated by Louise Adey Huish [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13210-X

1-280-43387-6

9786610433872

0-511-81495-X

0-511-18013-6

1-139-14764-1

0-511-06414-4

0-511-05781-4

0-511-30704-7

0-511-07260-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xl, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the text; Translator's note; Ethics 1812/13: Introduction and doctrine of goods; Ethics 1812/13: Doctrine of virtue and doctrine of duties; Introduction, final version (probably 1816/17)  A new beginning for ethics; Doctrine of goods, final version (probably 1816/17); Doctrine of duties, final version (probably 1814/17); Index

Sommario/riassunto

This 2002 book was the first English translation of Friedrich Schleiermacher's mature ethical theory. Situated between the better-known positions of Kant and Hegel, Schleiermacher's ethics represents an under-explored and singular option within the rich and creative tradition of German idealism. Schleiermacher is known to English readers primarily as a theologian and hermeneuticist, but many German



scholars have argued that it is in fact his philosophical work in ethics that constitutes his most outstanding intellectual achievement. The lectures, which were not published in his lifetime, are thought to span the years 1812-17 and address such topics as ethics as a descriptive science, ethics as a study of the action of reason on nature, and doctrines of goods, virtue, and duties. This volume presents them in an accessible new translation by Louise Adey Huish, together with an introduction by Robert Louden that sets them in context and assesses their achievement.