Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy

Zusatztext His two long books and his essays are unrivalled in their combination of narrative skill, historical learning, and philosophical intelligence. Both the philosopher and the intellectual historian can learn from these books and essays. Informationen zum Autor J. B. Schneewind is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He has studied at Cornell and Princeton and has taught at Chicago, Yale, Princeton, Hunter, Stanford, Leicester, Halle, Helsinki, and Johns Hopkins. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has been Chair of the Board of the Americal Philosopical Association and was awarded a Quinn Prize for Distinguished Service. Klappentext J. B. Schneewind presents a selection of his published essays on ethics, the history of ethics and moral psychology, together with a new piece offering an intellectual autobiography. The essays range across the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on Kant and his relations to earlier thinkers. Zusammenfassung J. B. Schneewind presents a selection of his published essays on ethics, the history of ethics and moral psychology, together with a new piece offering an intellectual autobiography. The essays range across the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on Kant and his relations to earlier thinkers.

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• Authors: J. B. Schneewind, J. B. (Johns Hopkins University (Emeritus)) Schneewind, Schneewind J. B.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9780199563012
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956301-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophiegeschichte, History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought