Fichte's Ethical Thought

by Allen W. Wood

Book Overview

Allen W. Wood presents the first book-length systematic exposition in English of Fichte's most important ethical work, the System of Ethics (1798). He places this work in the context of Fichte's life and career, of his philosophical system as conceived in the later Jena period, and in relation to his philosophy of right or justice and politics. Wood discusses Fichte's defense of freedom of the will, his grounding of the moral principle, theory of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198766882
• ISBN13: 9780198766889
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"