Kierkegaard and the Limits of the Ethical

Anthony Rudd

ISBN 10: 0198752180 / ISBN 13: 9780198752189

Published by Clarendon Press October 1997, 1997

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Moderate shelving wear to the edges and wraps. Binding is tight and square. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kierkegaard and the Limits of the Ethical
• Publisher: Clarendon Press October 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198752180
• ISBN 13: 9780198752189
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

This book is a discussion of some of Kierkegaard's central ideas, showing their relevance to contemporary debates in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Anthony Rudd's aim is not simply to expound Kierkegaard's ideas but to draw on them creatively in order to illuminate questions about the foundations of morality and the nature of personal identity, as discussed by analytical philosophers such as MacIntyre, Parfit, Williams, and Foot. Rudd seeks a way forward from the sterile conflict between the view that morality and religion are based on objective reasoning and the view that they are merely expressions of subjective emotions. He argues that morality and religion must be understood in terms of the individual's search for a sense of meaning in his or her own life, but emphasizes that this does not imply that values are arbitrary or merely subjective.

Review

"Quite successful...Can be used effectively by advanced undergraduate students, graduate students who write on Kierkegaard, and scholar in other fields."--Choice