On the Basis of Morality Arthur Schopenhauer

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On the Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

This edition originally published by Berghahn Books. Schopenhauer's treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Payne's definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translator's preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant's work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added.

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Schopenhauer's On the Basis of Morality deserves to be a standard text for courses in religious ethics. It doesn't fit into the prevalent genealogies of virtue ethics and utilitarianism, thus reminding us of other genealogies (pessimism, Nietzsche, Buddhism). It poses fundamental questions about the monotheistic background to the dominant ethical systems of the day as virtually no other work does. I have found that reading it after an intensive study of Kant's ethical and religious writings leads to fantastic discussions, which open the floor for great insights into the relation of religion and ethics.--Mark Larrimore, Princeton University

About Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher whose work was a reaction to Hegelian idealism and constitutes one of the pillars of Western pessimist thought. He is the author of such seminal texts as Parerga and Paralipomena, The Wisdom of Life, and The World as Will and Representation.

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ISBN 13

9780872204423

ISBN 10

0872204421

Title

On the Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

Series

Hackett Classics

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Year published

1999-06-01

Number of pages

226

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