Essays on Spinoza's Ethical Theory -

Essays on Spinoza's Ethical Theory

Buch | Hardcover
298 Seiten
2014
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-965753-7 (ISBN)
129,95 inkl. MwSt
Thirteen original essays by leading scholars explore aspects of Spinoza's ethical theory and, in doing so, deepen our understanding of it as the richly rewarding core of his system. They resolve interpretive difficulties, advance longstanding debates, and point the direction for future research.
Thirteen original essays by leading scholars explore aspects of Spinoza's ethical theory and, in doing so, deepen our understanding of the richly rewarding core of his system. Given its importance to his philosophical ambitions, it is surprising that his ethics has, until recently, received relatively little scholarly attention. Anglophone philosophy has tended to focus on Spinoza's contribution to metaphysics and epistemology, while philosophy in continental Europe has tended to show greater interest in his political philosophy. This tendency is problematic not only because it overlooks a central part of Spinoza's project, but also because it threatens to present a distorted picture of his philosophy. Moreover, Spinoza's ethics, like other branches of his philosophy, is complex, difficult, and, at times, paradoxical. The essays in this volume advance our understanding of his ethics and also help us to appreciate it as the centerpiece of his system. In addition to resolving interpretive difficulties and advancing longstanding debates, these essays point the direction for future research. Spinoza's enduring contribution to the development of ethical theory, to early modern philosophy, and indeed to early modern history generally, provide us with good reason to follow the lead of these essays.

Andrew Youpa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author of articles on Spinoza's ethical theory, and articles on the ethical theories of Descartes and Leibniz. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Irvine. Matthew J. Kisner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on the history of early modern ethics, particularly issues pertaining to freedom, agency and the passions. He is the author of Spinoza on Human Freedom: Reason, Autonomy and the Good Life (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He earned his PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

Contributors ; Introduction ; The Ethics in Spinoza's Ethics ; The Lives of Others: Spinoza on Benevolence as a Rational Virtue ; Spinozistic Constructivism ; Politics and Ethics in Spinoza: The Problem of Normativity ; Spinoza on the Life According to Nature ; Spinoza on Being Human and Human Perfection ; Spinoza, the Body, and the Good Life ; Man is a God to Man: How Human Beings Can Be Adequate Causes ; Following a Recta Ratio Vivendi: The Practical Utility of Spinoza's Dictates of Reason ; Necessity and the Commands of Reason in the Ethics ; Desire and Good in Spinoza ; From Ordinary Life to Blessedness: The Power of Intuitive Knowledge in Spinoza's Ethics ; Spinoza on Virtue and Eternity ; Bibliography ; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.4.2014
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 241 mm
Gewicht 606 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10 0-19-965753-X / 019965753X
ISBN-13 978-0-19-965753-7 / 9780199657537
Zustand Neuware
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