The Basis of Morality

Name: The Basis of Morality
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
ISBN: 9781787369733

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrator: James Harrington

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 04/16/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Synopsis

"The Basis of Morality" by Arthur Schopenhauer presents a profound inquiry into the underpinnings of ethical behavior, challenging the Kantian premise of moral acts grounded in rationality. Schopenhauer argues that true morality stems from compassion, asserting that the capacity to empathize with the suffering of others is the sole source of good. Through rigorous analysis and critique, he explores the limitations of egoism and the concept of justice, ultimately proposing a moral philosophy that prioritizes the inherent value of all living beings. This philosophical treatise invites readers to reconsider the essence of moral actions and the nature of compassion's role in ethical life. Read in English, unabridged.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on July 28, 2015

I've been fond of Kant ever since I first encountered him in university. Simply put, I admired the way he established ethics as a duty to treat every other man as an end in himself, and not merely as a means. I also admired the way he stated a universal command, known as the categorical imperative,......more

Goodreads review by Alina on May 12, 2020

Consistently, Schopenhauer is uncannily prescient and insightful. He is the most underrated philosopher in the western canon that I can think of. His views in The World as Will and Representation and this essay both demonstrate this. In this essay, Schopenhauer presents a number of arguments against......more

Goodreads review by Metatron on April 12, 2016

My relationship with Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophy has always been a little difficult. Imagine a long line with three circles. A circle on the left end of the line, a circle in the middle of the line and another circle in the right end of the line. Both circles on the ends of the line represent a......more

Goodreads review by Gas on August 11, 2024

On passera le passage sur les femmes.........more