A system of ethics / Friedrich Paulsen, Frank Thilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paulsen, Friedrich, 1846-1908., author.

Contributor:

Thilly, Frank, 1865-1934, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethical relativism.

Ethics, Evolutionary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 723 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1900.

Summary:

"As the author expressly declares, the book was not written for philosophical experts, but for all those who are interested in the problems of practical philosophy, and who are in need of some one to guide them in solving the same. It discusses the fundamental questions of ethics in a manner that cannot fail to attract the student and encourage him to reflect upon moral matters, which is, after all, the greatest service that any book can hope to render him. Professor Paulsen divides his work into four books. The first traces the historical development of the conceptions of life and moral philosophy from the times of the Greeks down to the present. The second examines the fundamental questions of ethics and answers them in a manner indicating the author's clearness of vision and soundness of judgment. The third applies these principles to our daily conduct and defines the different virtues and duties. The fourth book is sociological and political in its nature, and deals with the "Forms of Social Life." Owing to a desire on the part of the publishers not to increase the dimensions of this volume beyond a reasonable limit, I have translated only the first three of the books. I have also omitted the seventh and eighth sections of the sixth chapter in Book III. My translation is from the fourth German edition which has been revised and increased"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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