This work defines its course in reference to Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra. The author uses Zarathustra to reflect how our understanding is wedded to affective modes, thematizing especially laughter, fear, awe and hope. The book invites us to rethink how to overcome some r…
A short introduction to an endless task -- Hegel and his project -- Hegel contra Kant on philosophical critique and the limits of knowledge -- Transcendental versus linguistic idealism -- The nature and development of will -- Hegel's critique of Kant's moral theory.
A short introduction to an endless task -- Hegel and his project -- Hegel contra Kant on philosophical critique and the limits of knowledge -- Transcendental versus linguistic idealism -- The nature and development of will -- Hegel's critique of Kant's moral theory.
Hegel's critique of Kant was a turning point in the history of philosophy: for the first time, the concrete, situated, and in certain senses ""naturalistic"" style pioneered by Hegel confronted the thin, universalistic, and argumentatively purified style of philosophy that had f…
Working from Hegel's mature texts (after 1807) and reading them in light of an overall interpretation of Hegel's project as a linguistic, 'definitional' system, this book offers major reinterpretations of Hegel's views: The Kantian thing-in-itself is not denied but relocated as …
As long as we care about suffering in the world we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. but is the concept of evil still useful in a post-modern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a historicist perspective? Given our current unwi…
As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a histori…
Russell on Ethics presents a coherent and comprehensive selection of Bertrand Russell's writings on ethics, many of which have been previously unavailable to students and general readers. Charles Pigden provides an accessible introduction, situating the papers within the field o…