The Spinozistic ethics of Bertrand Russell / Kenneth Blackwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackwell, Kenneth, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Russell.

Routledge library editions : Russell ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970--Ethics.

Russell, Bertrand.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677--Influence.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Ethics, Modern--20th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bertrand Russell's professional philosophical reputation rests mainly on his mathematical logic and theory of knowledge. In this study, first published in 1985, however, Kenneth Blackwell considers Russell's writings on ethics and metaethics and uncovers the conceptual unity in Russell's normative ethic. He traces that unity to the influence of Spinoza's central ethical concept, the 'intellectual love of God', and then evaluates the ethic which he terms 'impersonal self-enlargement'. The introduction discusses the metaethical background to Russell's ethic and the difficulties inheren

Contents:

pt. A. Russell's writings on Spinoza

pt. B. Russell's Spinozistic ethic.

Notes:

First published in 1985 by George Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-10711-4

0-415-65780-6

1-283-92009-3

0-203-07422-X

1-135-10712-2

9780203074220

OCLC:

823390010