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Reconstructing Schopenhauer's ethics : hope, compassion and animal welfare /

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"This book articulates and defends an interpretation of Schopenhauer's ethics as an original and credible contribution to the history of ethics. It presents Schopenhauer's ethics of compassion as in direct tension with his resignationism and aims to show surprising continuities with K...

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Main Author: Shapshay, Sandra, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Schopenhauer, Arthur, > 1788-1860.
Schopenhauer, Arthur, > 1788-1860
Ethics.
Ethics
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This book articulates and defends an interpretation of Schopenhauer's ethics as an original and credible contribution to the history of ethics. It presents Schopenhauer's ethics of compassion as in direct tension with his resignationism and aims to show surprising continuities with Kant's ethics"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 230 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190906832
0190906839
0190906812
9780190906818