While commentators have sometimes taken up the question of
Wittgenstein's view of ethics, none has offered a sustained
treatment of what positive contributions Wittgenstein has yet to
offer contemporary ethics. In this important new book, Jeremy
Wisnewski argues that Wittgenstein, though himself often silent on
particular ethical matters, gives us immense resources for
understanding the aims appropriate to any philosophical ethics.
Using Wittgenstein as a point of departure, Wisnewski re-examines
some of the landmarks in the history of moral philosophy in order
to cast contemporary ethical philosophy in a new light. Of
particular interest is the unique approach to Kant's moral
philosophy afforded by seeing him through Wittgensteinian eyes:
Wisnewski gives distinct and intriguing analyses of the categorical
imperative, arguing that our obsession with a certain brand of
ethical theory has led us to misread this most famous contribution
to moral philosophy. By seeing the doctrines of historical ethical
philosophers anew (particularly those of Kant and Mill), Wisnewski
shows a new way of engaging in ethical theory - one that is
Wittgensteinian through and through. Rather than assuming that
ethical inquiry yields knowledge about what we must do, and what
rules we must follow, we should regard ethics (including our
historical ethical theories) as clarifying what is involved in the
complicated 'form of life' that is ours.
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