| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 723 pages) |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
"As the author expressly declares, the book was not written for philosophical experts, but for all those who are interested in the problems of practical philosophy, and who are in need of some one to guide them in solving the same. It discusses the fundamental questions of ethics in a manner that cannot fail to attract the student and encourage him to reflect upon moral matters, which is, after all, the greatest service that any book can hope to render him. Professor Paulsen divides his work into four books. The first traces the historical development of the conceptions of life and moral philosophy from the times of the Greeks down to the present. The second examines the fundamental questions of ethics and answers them in a manner indicating the author's clearness of vision and soundness of judgment. The third applies these principles to our daily conduct and defines the different virtues and duties. The fourth book is sociological and political in its nature, and deals with the "Forms of Social Life." Owing to a desire on the part of the publishers not to increase the dimensions of this volume beyond a reasonable limit, I have translated only the first three of the books. I have also omitted the seventh and eighth sections of the sixth chapter in Book III. My translation is from the fourth German edition which has been revised and increased"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Ethics. (DNLM)D004989
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Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
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| Added Author |
Thilly, Frank, 1865-1934, editor, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Paulsen, Friedrich, 1846-1908. System of ethics. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1900 (DLC) 99002144 |
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