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The two fundamental problems of ethics /

Schopenhauer argues, in uniquely powerful prose, that self-consciousness gives the illusion of freedom and that human actions are determined, but that we rightly feel guilt because our actions issue from our essential individual character. He locates moral value in the virtues of loving kindness and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
Otros Autores: Cartwright, David E. (Traductor), Erdmann, Edward E. (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prize essay on the freedom of the will. Definitions of concepts ; The will before self-consciousness ; The will before consciousness of other things ; Predecessors ; Conclusion and higher view ; Appendix : to supplement the first chapter
  • Prize essay on the basis of morals. Introduction ; Critique of the foundations of ethics provided by Kant ; Grounding of ethics ; Toward the metaphysical explanation of the urphenomenon of ethics.