This volume provides a selection of the shorter writings of the great nineteenth-century moral philosopher Henry Sidgwick. Sidgwick's monumental work The Methods of Ethics is a classic of philosophy, and this new volume is a fascinating complement to it. It will be a rich resource for anyone interested in moral philosophy or the development of modern analytical philosophy.
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A hundred years after his death, Singer's volume demonstrates that Sidgwick continues to provide an exemplary model of the philosophical search for clarity, and of the openness to the thought of others required for the avoidance of dogmatism. British Journal of the History of Philosophy
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Professor Marcus G. Singer is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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In writing the present paper, it has been my object to avoid all but incontrovertible propositions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cited inf, listed inf, neutral excitements, universalistic hedonism, common moral consciousness, cogent inference, ethical first principles, social tissue, cited sup, primd facie, own greatest happiness, unreasonable action, psychical fact, rational benevolence, average happiness, positive morality, egoistic hedonism, immediate cognition, universal intuitions, utilitarian method, constitutional code, absolute ethics, particular cognitions, ethical controversies, empirical criterion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Methods of Ethics, Herbert Spencer, Professor Grote, Relative Ethics, Bradley's Ethical Studies, Fitzjames Stephen, James Mill, Divine Spirit, Freedom of the Will, Rational Benevolence, Rational Utilitarianism, Lord Lansdowne, Rational Egoism New!
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cited inf, listed inf, neutral excitements, universalistic hedonism, common moral consciousness, cogent inference, ethical first principles, social tissue, cited sup, primd facie, own greatest happiness, unreasonable action, psychical fact, rational benevolence, average happiness, positive morality, egoistic hedonism, immediate cognition, universal intuitions, utilitarian method, constitutional code, absolute ethics, particular cognitions, ethical controversies, empirical criterion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Methods of Ethics, Herbert Spencer, Professor Grote, Relative Ethics, Bradley's Ethical Studies, Fitzjames Stephen, James Mill, Divine Spirit, Freedom of the Will, Rational Benevolence, Rational Utilitarianism, Lord Lansdowne, Rational Egoism New!
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- Ethical Studies (Oxford Paperbacks) by F. H. Bradley on 12 pages
- Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays (Practical and Professional Ethics Series) by the late Henry Sidgwick on 6 pages
- The Encyclopedia of Philosophy (8 Volumes in 4) by Paul Edwards on 5 pages
- Encyclopedia of Ethics by Lawrence C. Becker on 5 pages
- Development of European Polity by Henry Sidgwick on 4 pages
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- The Ideal of a Rational Morality: Philosophical Compositions by Marcus G. Singer on page 1, and page 120
- Moral Writings (British Moral Philosophers) by H. A. Prichard in Front Matter
- Mencius, Hume, and the Foundations of Ethics (Ashgate World Philosophy Series) (Ashgate World Philosophy Series) by Xiusheng Liu in Back Matter
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