Essays on Ethics and Method (British Moral Philosophers)

✍ Scribed by Henry Sidgwick

Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 288
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume provides a selection of the shorter writings of the great nineteenth-century moral philosopher Henry Sidgwick. Sidgwick's monumental work The Methods of Ethics is a classic of philosophy, and this new volume is a fascinating complement to it. It will be a rich resource for anyone interested in moral philosophy or the development of modern analytical philosophy.

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