Sidgwick''s the Methods of Ethics A Guide

Author David Phillips has produced a clear, concise guide to Henry Sidgwick's masterpiece of classical utilitarian thought, The Methods of Ethics, setting it in its intellectual and cultural context while drawing out its main insights into a variety of fields.

About the author

David Phillips is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston. His research interests are in ethics and the history of ethics with a particular focus on British moral philosophers. He is the author of Sidgwickian Ethics (OUP, 2011) and of Rossian Ethics: W.D. Ross and Contemporary Moral Theory (OUP, 2019).

Summary

Author David Phillips has produced a clear, concise guide to Henry Sidgwick's masterpiece of classical utilitarian thought, The Methods of Ethics, setting it in its intellectual and cultural context while drawing out its main insights into a variety of fields.

Additional text

David Phillips's guide is not just the latest, it is one of the best.

Product details

• Authors: David (Professor of Philosophy Phillips, Phillips David, David Phillips
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.10.2022
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9780197539620
• ISBN: 978-0-19-753962-0
• Pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Guides to Philosophy
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist philosophy