Wittgenstein and Ethics

This element investigates Ludwig Wittgenstein's engagement with ethics in both early and later thinking. Starting from the remarks on ethics in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the framing of these remarks, it presents two influential approaches to Tractarian ethics.

List of contents

1. Wittgenstein's Remarks on Ethics; 2. Remarks on Ethics in the Tractatus-Guides and Interpretations; 3. The Tractatus Remarks on Ethics Again-A Reading; 4. 'A Lecture on Ethics' and Continuities in Wittgenstein's View of Ethics; 5. Wittgenstein's Later Writings on Ethics; References.

Summary

This element investigates Ludwig Wittgenstein's engagement with ethics in both early and later thinking. Starting from the remarks on ethics in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the framing of these remarks, it presents two influential approaches to Tractarian ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Anne-Marie Sndergaard (University of Christensen, Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009439770
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0943977-0
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: logic