Sidgwick's the Methods of Ethics: A Guide

By David Phillips

Henry Sidgwick's The Methods of Ethics has been a treasured, central part of the utilitarian canon since its publication in 1874. This book, part of the Oxford Guides series, is a consice companion to Sidgwick's masterpiece, written primarily for advanced undergraduate students and interested
general readers in order to aid in interpreting and understanding the original text. Author David Phillips highlights connections between Sidgwick's work and contemporary work in moral philosophy and in the history of moral philosophy, paying particular attention to his relationships with the
predecessors he discusses--including Kant and Mill--and Moore and Ross, his most celebrated successors in the British intuitionist tradition he revitalized.

The book's first eight chapters end with brief suggestions for further reading. At the end of the final three chapters, when all relevant parts of the Methods have been discussed, there are more substantial overviews of the secondary literature examining the aspects of Sidgwick's work that have
generated the most interest among his commentators: metaethics and moral epistemology; consequentialism versus deontology; and egoism and the dualism of practical reason. All in all, Phillips has produced an excellent map of the central concerns found in Sidgwick's text that will aid introductory
readers' comprehension for years to come.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197539610
• ISBN13: 9780197539613
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 266 Pages