Could you recommend me books about Ethics?
Hello there,
I am looking about to read some academic books about Ethics. I am currently so interested in this topic so I wonder if you can recommend to me some worthy books about.
I already purchased theories of ethics by Philippa Foot. Do you know a book similar in a academic perspective?
Best regards and wishes,
I am looking about to read some academic books about Ethics. I am currently so interested in this topic so I wonder if you can recommend to me some worthy books about.
I already purchased theories of ethics by Philippa Foot. Do you know a book similar in a academic perspective?
Best regards and wishes,
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Thank you so much for your recommendation. I going to check out more deeply about it and try to buy it.
rereading ...
Natural Goodness, Philippa Foot
Morality and Conflict, Stuart Hamphire
The Therapy of Desire, Martha Nussbaum
Thank you for these recommendations.:up:
Interesting how Philippa Foot was so specialist in Ethics. I see her name everywhere when this topic is related.
Yeah, that's pretty funny.
Weird names for books, back in the day.
How unfortunate for the good - they don't get credit - and how fortunate for the bad - they're blameless. Most people would be jumping with joy then and thereby hangs a very sad tale!
I suppose my exception would be Bertrand Russell. He has a bunch of stuff on ethics pertaining to all kinds of problems. One book would be The Conquest of Happiness.
In terms of essays, I think his In Praise of Idleness is quite interesting and on point. In short, almost any book or essay by him on this topic is worth skimming at least.
Thank you for this recommendation because I was looking exactly of something like an essay. I going to check it out and see what holds. :up:
I don't like any of Spinoza's works. He is not a philosopher or thinker to trust about :rofl:
Rather than dismiss one of the greatest works of philosophy, it would be more sensible and modest to ask the question of why a book titled "Ethics" seems not to be about ethics. Rather and assume the text is wanting, perhaps it is your own understand of the text that is wanting.
Spinoza's signet ring was engraved with the word "Caute". This motto informed his writing and so should inform our reading of him.
Russell, himself, mentioned Spinoza specifically, opining that Spinoza was among the most human of philosophers. You can find that statement in 'A History of Western Philosophy" by Russell.
That's a great book indeed.
I would also recommend:
Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics.
Sextus: Against the Ethicists.
Hume: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.
Wittgenstein: A Lecture on Ethics
Moore: Principia Ethica.
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It's just not my personal area of interest, though I do for example think that Hume's talk about ethics is interesting. Aristotle, from what I can remember, aims for a standard that is very high to be used consistently.
As for the rest, I can't say. But they must have insightful things to say.
I read it three years ago and it is one of the best philosophy books I ever read :up:
There may be truckloads of inspiring ethics, cautiously and diligently arrived at by means of his painstaking philosophical method. However as they are likely to be expounded near the conclusion of the book, and no one (sane) has read that far, they remain obscure. It would be a rash gamble to invest the decades it would take to find out.
It is a difficult book and not one I would recommend to someone looking for general works on ethics, but to say it has no ethics in it is wrong. Although challenging it is certainly manageable.
Spinoza is not obscure. The part about God not being involved in your personal business comes early and fast.
It seems that any Ethics has to be a response to what one thinks is happening, some kind of generalized expectation of the future.
Talking of Hume, his ethical writings are really good. Simple and insightful. Forget what it's called now. I'll recommend that to the op when I remember what it is.
Fall Of Man
[quote=Wikipedia]The fall of man, the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall, is a term used in Christianity to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of INNOCENT obedience to God to a state of guilty [b]DISOBEDIENCE.[/quote]
Innocence
[quote=Wikipedia]A "loss of innocence" is a common theme in fiction, pop culture, and realism. It is often seen as an integral part of coming of age. It is usually thought of as an experience or period in a person's life that leads to a greater awareness of evil, pain and/or suffering in the world around them.[/quote]
[quote=Wikipedia]People who lack the mental capacity to understand the nature of their acts may be regarded as innocent regardless of their behavior.[/quote]
Four possibilities in re knowledge of good and evil (morality) and free will (saying NO = DISOBEDIENCE) :point: What Is Moral? & :point: What Is Moral (disobedience)
1. Know morality, yes free will (Ate the apple; good & bad apply)
2. Know morality, no free will (good & bad don't apply)
3. Doesn't know morality, yes free will (Didn't eat the apple; innocence = good)
4. Doesn't know morality, no free will (good & bad don't apply)
The only way to be always good is to be innocent (3) but that means you should have zero knowledge of ethics/morality.
Hence, here are my recommendations for good books on ethics/morality (from a Christian point of view):
1. A record of the statesmanship and political achievements of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, regular Democratic nominee for president of the United States (1880).
2. Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith (1880).
3. What Every Man Thinks About Apart from Sex.
4. Everything Obama Knows About The Economy.
5. Fifty Shades of Gray.
6. Why Dogs are Better than Cats.
7. The Wit and Wisdom of Nigel Farage.
8. Surprising Reasons to Believe Trump Will Be a Great President!
9. Why Trump Deserves Trust, Respect and Admiration.
10. Reasons To Vote For Democrats.
Basically, the best book on ethics is An Empty Book
This title makes me feel so interested in the book right now. I don't know why but I guess I thought literally this for years. Fortunately, I am one of those weird "freaks" who loves think or speak about everything except/apart sex.
Keep it in my next book list too :up:
Like I think women say to each other, "Men have only two things on their mind, sex and no sex."