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书名: The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy
作者: Jerome B. Schneewind (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1st Edition edition (December 13, 1997)
语言：English
ISBN-10: 1408883910
ISBN-13: 978-1408883914
Book Description
J.B. Schneewind's remarkable book is the most comprehensive study ever written of the history of moral philosophy. Its aim is to set Kant's still influential ethics in its historical context by showing in detail what the central questions in moral philosophy were for him and how he arrived at his own distinctive ethical views. In its range, analyses, and discussion of the subtle interweaving of religious and political thought with moral philosophy, this is an unprecedented account of the evolution of Kant's ethics.
Review
"The Invention of Autonomy is a remarkable work." -- New Series
"The author successfully aims at clarity, accuracy, and conciseness in telling the history as it was understood by those who made it -- in their own words and with a full conciousness of the religious and sociopolitical contexts. As a contribution to scholarship, Schneewind's book brings together a great deal of material from many sources. Its encylclopedic character makes it primarirly useful as a work of reference for specialists -- both professors and graduate students -- in modern ethical theory and the history of modern philosophy." -- John A. Gueguen, Perspectives on Political Science
"...this book is a major scholarly achievement." -- Terence Penelhum, Ethics
"The book is in part appropriate for upper-level undergraduate courses concerned with the history of ethics and practical philosophy, including aspects of political philosophy....scholars will find it to offer a strong antidote to anachronistic interpretation from the limited perspective of twentieth century ethics. Schneewind's scholarship is uniformly of the very highest caliber. Schneewind shows what can be done by someone with complete command over the currents of an entire epoch." -- Review of Metaphysics
"This book is valuable in a great many ways...Schneewind has done a remarkable job of placing Kant in the context of historical issues...This is among the very most complete and insightful histories of ethics available today." -- Ethics and Medicine
About the Author
After a life-time of writing books and articles on the history of moral philosophy, J. B. Schneewind is now retired. His major works, on Sidgwick and his times and on the development of ethics up to Kant, are circled by many essays now reprinted in his Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy.
