Schleiermacher: Lectures on Philosophical Ethics

Friedrich Schleiermacher author Louise Adey Huish translator Robert B Louden editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Nov '02

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This 2002 book was the first English translation of Schleiermacher's lectures on philosophical ethics, with a philosophical introduction.

Schleiermacher is known to English readers primarily as a theologian and hermeneuticist, but many German scholars have argued that it is in fact his philosophical work in ethics that constitutes his most outstanding intellectual achievement. This 2002 edition also includes a historical and philosophical introduction and notes on further reading.This 2002 book was the first English translation of Friedrich Schleiermacher's mature ethical theory. Situated between the better-known positions of Kant and Hegel, Schleiermacher's ethics represents an under-explored and singular option within the rich and creative tradition of German idealism. Schleiermacher is known to English readers primarily as a theologian and hermeneuticist, but many German scholars have argued that it is in fact his philosophical work in ethics that constitutes his most outstanding intellectual achievement. The lectures, which were not published in his lifetime, are thought to span the years 1812–17 and address such topics as ethics as a descriptive science, ethics as a study of the action of reason on nature, and doctrines of goods, virtue, and duties. This volume presents them in an accessible new translation by Louise Adey Huish, together with an introduction by Robert Louden that sets them in context and assesses their achievement.

'… this new translation is of much interest and is to be welcomed.' Philosophical Writings

ISBN: 9780521007672

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 18mm

Weight: 469g

298 pages