1st Edition

Ethics and the History of Philosophy Selected Essays

By C.D. Broad Copyright 1952
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2000. This is Volume I of six in the Library of Philosophy series on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Written in 1952, this is a selection of essays from public lectures and articles on the biographies on Sir Issac Newton and John Locke, sections on the philosophy of science, and ethics.

Biography; Chapter 1 Sir Isaac Newton; Chapter 2 John Locke; Chapter 3 Henry Sidgwick; Chapter 4 John McTaggart Ellis Mctaggart; Chapter 5 William Ernest Johnson; Philosophy of Science; Chapter 6 The Philosophy of Francis Bacon; Chapter 7 The New Philosophy: Bruno to Descartes; Chapter 8 Liebniz’s Last Controversy with the Newtonians; Ethics; Chapter 9 Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism; Chapter 10 Egoism as a Theory of Human Motives; Chapter 11 Ought We to Fight for Our Country in the Next War?; Chapter 12 Conscience and Conscientious Action;

Biography

C D Broad, Trinity College Cambridge.