Reconstructing Schopenhauer's ethics : hope, compassion and animal welfare / Sandra Shapshay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapshay, Sandra, 1969- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860.

Schopenhauer, Arthur.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Hope, compassion and animal welfare

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

At the apex of his influence, from about 1860 up to the start of World War I, Arthur Schopenhauer was known first and foremost as a philosopher of pessimism, sparking an entire 'pessimism controversy' in German philosophy in the latter part of the 19th century. Still today, his main reputation is as one of the few philosophers to have argued that it would have been better never to have been. 'Reconstructing Schopenhauer's Ethics' aims to complicate and challenge the predominant picture of Schopenhauer's ethical thought.

Contents:

A tale of two Schopenhauers

Schopenhauer's pessimism in light of his evolving system

Freedom and morality

Compassionate moral realism

A role for reason in Schopenhauer's ethics.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-090682-0

0-19-090683-9

0-19-090681-2