Modern Guise of the Good

This book is the first-ever collection dedicated to the guise of the good in early modern and later Western philosophy. It spans three centuries from Thomas Hobbes to Henry Sidgwick and features original contributions by some of the finest scholars. The volume was originally published as a special issue of Philosophical Explorations.

List of contents

Introduction to the modern guise of the good 1. Goodness and motivation 2. Locke on the guise of the good 3. Spinoza's guise of the good: getting to the bottom of 3p9s 4. The guise of the good in Leibniz 5. Kant and the "Old formula of the schools" 6. Duality of motivation and the guise of the good in Kant's practical philosophy 7. Mill's proof and the guise of the good 8. Sidgwick and the many guises of the good

About the author

Francesco Orsi is Associate Professor in Theoretical Ethics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He has published on value theory, reasons, moral psychology, and the history of ethics. He is the author of Value Theory (2015) and The Guise of the Good: A Philosophical History (2023).

Product details

• Authors: Francesco (University of Tartu Orsi
• Assisted by: Orsi Francesco (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032624419
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3262441-9
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy