Fichte's Moral Philosophy

Fichte's Moral Philosophy is a major contribution not just to Fichte scholarship but to normative ethical theory as such. Specialists will be impressed by Ware's meticulous scholarship and familiarity with all the relevant primary and secondary literature, as well as by his judicious engagement with (as well as anticipation of) opposing interpretations of Fichte's moral philosophy...It is a rare pleasure to encounter a treatise as well written, carefully argued, and broadly informed as this landmark contribution to both Fichte studies and ethical theory. * Daniel Breazeale, University of Kentucky, Ethics *
Owen Ware's book...is a first-class contribution to the Fichte scholarship...It will be a staple of the conversation on Fichte for years to come. * Rory Lawrence Phillips, University College London, Philosophy *
This is simply an exceptional book, clearly written and argued and a delight to read. It is required reading for anyone interested in German Idealism or in normative ethics in general. * Jeffery Kinlaw, McMurry University, Review of Metaphysics *
Ware has opened a line of interpretation that presents a less austere Fichte, a Fichte for whom we are fully embodied and situated in a world. The ethics of wholeness Ware emphasizes will be congenial to many contemporary philosophers. Fichte's Moral Philosophy should become a key text in coming years, and I look forward to seeing how Fichte scholarship builds upon this work. * Jane Dryden, Mount Allison University, Symposium *
Owen Ware's book is impressively multifaceted... This is a splendid study: historically informed, neatly organized, carefully argued, and on many points appreciably innovative... Specialists in Kantian moral philosophy and post-Kantian thought need to read this book; so, too, should anyone interested in conceptually creative, incisive ethical thinking along distinctly post-Kantian (and pre-Hegelian) lines. * Steven Hoeltzel, James Madison University, MIND *
Ware's aim in this book is to rectify this. From the start, his goal in this masterful addition to Anglophone literature on Fichtean ethics is to reaffirm theimportance of Fichte's appeal to the original fundamental unity from which we are alienated, and the ethical vocation of the individual as a project of strivingtowards this unity. * James Ternent, Brill *
Ware's work dually serves as a clear and engaging exegetical work, that both situates and clarifies the minutiae of Fichte's moral theory against a rich background of post-Kantian thought, and as an erudite contribution to scholarly interpretation. Fichte's Moral Philosophy is an exemplar in modern Fichte scholarship whose consequences will, I expect, continue to reverberate for years to come. * James Ternent, University of Edinburgh, Fichte-Studien *
Fichte's Moral Philosophy is, to conclude, an exemplar in modern Fichte scholarship whose consequences will, I expect, continue to reverberate for years to come. * James Ternent, Rezensionen *