1st Edition

Ethics, Value, and Reality

By Aurel Kolnai Copyright 2008
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

Ethics, Value, and Reality is a collection of essays written after Kolnai settled in England in 1955. These essays from Kolnai's mature years sit atop a remarkable gestation of moral and political thinking. At the heart of his thought is the special role of privilege in a good social order. Kolnai relies heavily on the work of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century value theorists such as... Read more
1: Erroneous Conscience; 2: The Sovereignty of the Object: Notes on Truth and Intellectual Humility; 3: Deliberation is of Ends; 4: Morality and Practice I: The Ambiguity of Good; 5: Morality and Practice II: The Moral Emphasis; 6: Existence and Ethics; 7: Moral Consensus; 8: The Concept of Hierarchy; 9: Aesthetic and Moral Experience; 10: Forgiveness

Biography

Aurel Kolnai