Practical Ethics: A Collection of Addresses and Essays. - Softcover

Sidgwick, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1240028202 ISBN 13: 9781240028207

Publisher: Gale, Making of Modern Law, 2010

Synopsis

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School LibraryCTRG95-B3587London: Swan Sonnenschein; New York: Macmillan, 1909. vi, 260 p.; 20 cm

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About the Author

Henry Sidgwick (May 31, 1838 - August 28,1900) was a professor, philosopher, writer and advocate for women's education. An analytical Utilitarian in his politics, as a philosopher he examined the principles of "ethical hedonism," human behavior and free will. He developed a reputation as an excellent teacher who treated students as equals and was also a member of the Metaphysical Society.

Review

"Sidgwick's Practical Ethics is a remarkable collection of engaging essays by a philosopher-economist who was deeply humane as well as fiercely rational. His ideas and critical scrutinies remain as relevant and useful today as they were when this book was first published a hundred years ago. An illuminating introduction by Sissela Bok--herself a leading contributor to practical ethics--adds to the attractions of this wonderful book."--Amartya Sen, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University

"It is good to see Henry Sidgwick's Practical Ethics available again. Here he writes not as moral theorist but as an engaged reformer, who understood how hard it is to improve institutions and to live well. Like Sidgwick we ask whether those in public office may lie and whether it is wrong to enjoy luxury when others are destitute; now we can enjoy his principled yet realistic discussions of these and other dilemmas."--Onora O'Neill, Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge

Edition details

• Publisher: Gale, Making of Modern Law
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1240028202
• ISBN 13: 9781240028207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272