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Idealist Ethics (Hardcover)
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Idealist Ethics (Hardcover)
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W. J. Mander examines the nature of idealist ethics, that is to
say, the form and content of ethical belief most typically adopted
by philosophical idealists. While there exist many studies of the
ethical views of individual idealist philosophers there has been no
literature at all on the notion of idealist ethics per se. Never is
it asked: at which points, if any, do the ethical systems of all
these thinkers overlap, and what relation, if any, do such
commonalities bear to their authors' idealism? Never is the
question posed: were you suddenly to become convinced of the truth
of some form of philosophical idealism what revisions, if any,
would that necessitate in your conception of the truth, nature, and
significance of ethical judgements? The inquiry has two aims. The
first is historical. From the record of past philosophy, Mander
demonstrates that there exists a discernible idealist approach to
moral philosophy; a tradition of 'idealist ethics.' He examines its
characteristic marks and varieties. The second aim is apologetic.
Mander argues that such idealist ethics offers an attractive way of
looking at moral questions and that it has much to contribute to
contemporary discussion. In particular he argues that Idealist
ethics have the power to cut through the sterile opposition between
moral realism and moral anti-realism which has come to dominate
contemporary thinking about ethical questions. To be an idealist is
precisely to hold that the universe is so constituted that things
are real if and only if they are ideal; to hold that uncovering in
something the work of mind makes it more not less significant.
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