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Lädt ... The Methods of Ethics, 7th Edition (Hackett Classics) (1874)von Henry Sidgwick
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One of the most influential of the Victorian philosophers, Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) also made important contributions to fields such as economics, political theory, and classics. An active promoter of higher education for women, he founded Cambridge's Newnham College in 1871. He attended Rugby School and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he remained his whole career. In 1859 he took up a lectureship in classics, and held this post for ten years. In 1869, he moved to a lectureship in moral philosophy, the subject where he left arguably his greatest mark when he produced this work, regarded as his masterpiece. Published in 1874, the book argues the utilitarian approach to ethics, and a systematic and historically sensitive approach to ethical research that influenced utilitarian philosophers well into the twentieth century. It remains a valuable introduction to the philosophy, practice and history of ethics. This reissue includes the 1877 supplement. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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If there is one aspect that sums up both the brilliance and difficulty of this book, it would be its thoroughness. Sidgwick comprehensively covers all the major ethical theories up to that time, objections to them, and rigorous responses to each. Many reviewers describe The Methods of Ethics as simply a defense of utilitarianism, but I think this is an unfair characterization. While Sidgwick does ultimately advocate universal hedonism as the most coherent ethical system, he is rigorous in his accounts of moral intuitionism and egoistic hedonism. The work is really more of a critique of the major ethical theories of the time than simply a defense of utilitarianism. Reading Sidgwick is not like reading Kant, Mill, or other moral philosophers because he seems ultimately more concerned with the practical application of ethics and its concomitance with common sense, whereas most ethical theorists are seeking to defend their theories wholesale, regardless of conflicts with practical implementation. Sidgwick seems comfortable admitting the weaknesses in the ethical system he advocates, simply because the other methods he examines have more. ( )