The two fundamental problems of ethics / Arthur Schopenhauer ; translated and edited by Christopher Janaway.

By:

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860

Contributor(s):

Janaway, Christopher

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Schopenhauer, Arthur, Works ; Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (lii, 281 pages)ISBN:

9780511580970
0511580975

Uniform titles:

Über die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens. English

Contained works:

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860. Über das Fundament der Moral. English

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Two fundamental problems of ethics.DDC classification:

170 22

LOC classification:

B3114.E5 J36 2009eb

Online resources:

EBSCO eBooks

Contents:

Prize essay on the freedom of the will -- Prize essay on the basis of morals.

Review: "Arthur Schopenhauer's The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (1841) consists of two groundbreaking essays: 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'On the Basis of Morals'. The essays make original contributions to ethics and display Schopenhauer's erudition, prose-style and flair for philosophical controversy, as well as philosophical views that contrast sharply with the positions of both Kant and Nietzsche. Written accessibly, they do not presuppose the intricate metaphysics which Schopenhauer constructs elsewhere. This is the first English translation of these works to re-unite both essays in one volume. It offers a new translation by Christopher Janaway, together with an introduction, editorial notes on Schopenhauer's vocabulary and the different editions of his essays, a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and a glossary of names."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages l-liii) and index.

Prize essay on the freedom of the will -- Prize essay on the basis of morals.

"Arthur Schopenhauer's The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (1841) consists of two groundbreaking essays: 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'On the Basis of Morals'. The essays make original contributions to ethics and display Schopenhauer's erudition, prose-style and flair for philosophical controversy, as well as philosophical views that contrast sharply with the positions of both Kant and Nietzsche. Written accessibly, they do not presuppose the intricate metaphysics which Schopenhauer constructs elsewhere. This is the first English translation of these works to re-unite both essays in one volume. It offers a new translation by Christopher Janaway, together with an introduction, editorial notes on Schopenhauer's vocabulary and the different editions of his essays, a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and a glossary of names."--Jacket.