The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics

by Arthur Schopenhauer

Book Overview

These two important essays show Schopenhauer at his most accessible, offering two self-contained and clearly argued contributions to ethical theory, published here in a new translation that preserves Schopenhauer's style in a lucid and engaging way. This is also the only paperback edition to publish both essays together. Schopenhauer argues, in uniquely powerful prose, that self-consciousness gives the illusion of freedom and that human actions are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199297223
• ISBN13: 9780199297221
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"