Allen W. Wood (Indiana University / Stanford University)

Fichte's Ethical Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Allen W. Wood presents the first book-length systematic exposition in English of Fichte's most important ethical work, the System of Ethics (1798). He develops and emphasizes the social and political radicalism of Fichte's moral and political philosophy, and illuminates the philosophical interest of Fichte's arguments for present day philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9780198766889
• ISBN-10: 0198766882
• Artikelnr.: 47871015

Autorenporträt

Allen W. Wood has held professorships at Cornell University, Yale University, Stanford University, and Indiana University, and visiting appointments at the University of Michigan, University of California, San Diego, and Oxford University. He is the author of at least nine books and many articles, and the editor or translator of a dozen or so others.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Who was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
2: Transcendental Philosophy: The Jena Doctrine of Science
3: Freedom and Intersubjectivity: The Conditions of Action
4: Moral Authority: Deduction of the Principle of Morality
5: Conscience: The Applicability of the Principle of Morality
6: The Self-Sufficiency of Reason: The Systematic Doctrine of Duties
7: The Social Unity of Reason: The Human Vocation
8: Right: Freedom, Property and the State
Postscript
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Index