Common-Sense Ethics
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2020
Book
Hardback
222 pages
978-0-367-47050-0 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1921, this book makes philosophical ethics accessible to the non-philosopher and applies them to problems of everyday life. The author maintains that morality is the rationalization of the impulse to blame and emphases the importance of impulses. He illustrates how modern society conspires to suppress impulses and restrict their operation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-47050-0 (9780367470500)
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Person
C. E. M. Joad was Professor of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Content
Part 1: Philosophical or Traditional Ethics 1. Utilitarianism and the Philosophy of Pleasure 2. Intuitionism and the Moral Sense 3. The Form of the Good 4. Summary of Ethical Theories and Their Results Part 2: Empirical or Common-Sense Ethics 5. The Psychology of Impulse 6. The Place of Impulse in Politics and Society 7. Impulse as the Expression of the Life Force