The essays collected in this volume all explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity. The book argues against recent attempts to return to the virtue-centered perspective of ancient Greek ethics. As well as exploring the differences between ancient and modern ethics, the author treats such topics as the roles of reason and history in our moral understanding, the inadequacy of philosophical naturalism, and the foundations of modern liberalism. These essays will be of interest both to professional scholars and to general readers concerned with ethics and politics.
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"...advances several important new proposals, especially regarding political liberalism and moral epistemology. The Morals of Modernity is a book rich in ideas." Joel Anderson, The Philosophical Review
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Arguing against recent attempts to return to the virtue-centered perspective of ancient Greek ethics, these essays explore the problem of the relation between moral philosophy and modernity by studying the differences between ancient and modern ethics.
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Henry Sidgwick is in many regards the greatest moral philosopher of the second half of the nineteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anticognitivist argument, minimal moral conception, imperative conception, categorical morality, core morality, reasonable disagreement, categorical duties, categorical obligations, categorical duty, liberal neutrality, rational dialogue, modern ethics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Oxford University Press, Patterns of Moral Complexity, Cambridge University Press, Leo Strauss, Harvard University Press, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Nagel, German Romantics, Carl Schmitt, University of Chicago Press, Bernard Williams, David Gauthier, Ernest Renan, Isaiah Berlin, Moral Realism, Political Not Metaphysical, Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism, Second Critique, Spinoza's Critique of Religion, Fragility of Goodness, François Guizot, Philippa Foot, Stanford University Press, The Methods of Ethics New!
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Henry Sidgwick is in many regards the greatest moral philosopher of the second half of the nineteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anticognitivist argument, minimal moral conception, imperative conception, categorical morality, core morality, reasonable disagreement, categorical duties, categorical obligations, categorical duty, liberal neutrality, rational dialogue, modern ethics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Oxford University Press, Patterns of Moral Complexity, Cambridge University Press, Leo Strauss, Harvard University Press, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Nagel, German Romantics, Carl Schmitt, University of Chicago Press, Bernard Williams, David Gauthier, Ernest Renan, Isaiah Berlin, Moral Realism, Political Not Metaphysical, Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism, Second Critique, Spinoza's Critique of Religion, Fragility of Goodness, François Guizot, Philippa Foot, Stanford University Press, The Methods of Ethics New!
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- Political Liberalism: Expanded Edition (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) by John Rawls on 7 pages
- Natural Right and History (Walgreen Foundation Lectures) by Leo Strauss on 5 pages
- Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick on 5 pages
- Political Philosophy (Dooyeweerd, H. Selections. Ser. D, V. 1.) by Herman Dooyeweerd on 4 pages
- Political Philosophy: Six Essays. by Leo. Strauss on 4 pages
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