Wittgenstein and ethics / Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christensen, Anne-Marie S., 1972- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

In Ludwig Wittgenstein's writings, ethics takes a central place in his thinking. This element investigates his engagement with ethics in both early and later thinking. Starting from the remarks on ethics in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the framing of these remarks, it presents two influential approaches to Tractarian ethics, before it develops a coherent reading of ethics in the early thinking, focusing on ethical silence and the relationship notions of world and the philosophical 'I'. The reading of 'A Lecture on Ethics' focuses on the critique of ethical theory and the personal dimension of ethics, two themes also running through Wittgenstein's later thinking. It considers Wittgenstein's later ethical investigations, of ethical examples, ethically relevant language uses of language and the connections between reflections on ethics and living. It also considers the role of the other in Wittgenstein's later thinking

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Feb 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009439787

1009439782

9781009439794

1009439790

9781009439817

1009439812