Modern Moral Philosophy - From Grotius to Kant

This magisterial study tells the story of a new way of doing ethics, starting in the seventeenth century, that was based on secular ideas of human psychology and universal accountability. It also shows that this modern approach remains relevant to us today and that it has a vibrant future.

List of contents

1. Grotius; 2. Hobbes and Pufendorf; 3. Locke and Cumberland; 4. Spinoza, Cudworth, Shaftesbury, and Leibniz; 5. Hutcheson and Butler; 6. Hume and Smith; 7. The British Rationalists and Reid; 8. Rousseau and Kant.

About the author

Stephen Darwall teaches philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of The British Moralists and the Internal 'Ought', 1640–1740 (Cambridge University Press, 1995), and of many other publications in moral philosophy and its history, including The Second-Person Standpoint: Morality, Respect, and Accountability (2006).

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Darwall, Stephen (Yale University Darwall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9780521860475
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86047-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Ethics and moral philosophy, Academic style, Academism, Academicism