Herbert Spencer

Broschiertes Buch

Justice - Being Part IV of the Principles of Ethics

Beschreibung

This volume contains Herbert Spencer¿s 1891 philosophical work, "Justice". The fourth part of Spencer's "The Principles of Ethics", this text is highly recommended for those with an interest in philosophy, and it is not to be missed by collectors of seminal philosophical literature. The chapters of this book include: ¿Animal-Ethics¿, ¿Sub-Human Justice¿, ¿The Sentiment of Justice¿, ¿The Authority of this Formulä, ¿Its Corollaries¿, ¿The Right to Physical Integrity¿, ¿The Rights to Free Motion and Locomotion¿, ¿,The Right of Property¿, etcetera. Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) was an esteemed English philosopher, anthropologist, biologist, and sociologist. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Autor

English polymath Herbert Spencer worked as a sociologist, anthropological, biologist, psychologist, and philosopher. The phrase "survival of the fittest" was first used by Spencer in Principles of Biology (1864), following his reading of Charles Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species. Although the name primarily denotes natural selection, Spencer also embraced Lamarckism since he believed that evolution extends into the fields of sociology and ethics. Spencer created a comprehensive theory of evolution that included the progressive development of biological systems, the physical environment, human thought, culture, and society. He made contributions to many different fields as a polymath, such as politics, economics, anthropology, ethics, literature, astronomy, biology, sociology, and psychology. He attained great power throughout his lifetime, mostly in academic English-speaking circles. Although Spencer was "the single most famous European intellectual in the closing decades of the nineteenth century," his impact began to wane after 1900. Talcott Parsons questioned, "Who now reads Spencer?" in 1937. Spencer, the son of William George Spencer (often referred to as George), was born in Derby, England, on April 27, 1820.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Symonds Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781443761215
• ISBN-10: 1443761214
• Artikelnr.: 25563066