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Schopenhauer, Religion and Morality The Humble Path to Ethics
By Gerard Mannion
Copyright 2003
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work challenges the textbook assessment of Schopenhauer as militant atheist and absolute pessimist. In examining Schopenhauer's grappling with religion, theology and Kant's moral philosophy, Mannion suggests we can actually discern a 'religious' humility in method in Schopenhauer's work, seen most clearly in his ethics of compassion and his doctrine of salvation. Given Schopenhauer’s... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Schopenhauer and Religion: Schopenhauer's worldview: hope or depair?; Militant atheist? Introducing Schopenhauer on religion; Metaphysics of the people: Schopenhauer, religion and truth; Schopenhauer and Morality: Reason and the foundation of ethics: Schopenhauer's rejection of the Kantian moral system; Kant, religion and morality: first steps on the 'humble path'; Mitleid and morality: interpreting Schopenhauer's ethics; Schopenhauer's humble path: Schopenhauer and the moral gap: the thing-in-itself, the will and beyond; The religion of Schopenhauer: searching for meaning and salvation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Gerard Mannion
'... the book is a valuable and original contribution to the growing stream of publications on Schopenhauer.' Ethical Perspectives '... Gerard Mannion offers his readers a judiciously thought out, innovative and well researched 'religious' interpretation of Schopenhauer [...] that does full justice, in a way that few other commentators do, to the mystical elements of his thought. It is thus an original and desirable contribution to the existing secondary literature on Schopenhauer: an impressive monograph in itself, as well as being a rich source of information, reference and argument for philosophers and theologians interested in Schopenhauer's philosophy, most particularly insofar as it connects, as it so often does, with religious concerns.' Heythrop Journal
