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Format: VIII, 257 S. , Ill.

ISBN: 9780691123424 , 069112342X , 0691123411

Series Statement: Princeton paperbacks

Content: Liberalism and its discontents -- Neither history nor praxis -- Outside ethics -- Freedom as an ideal -- Virtue and the good life -- Happiness and politics -- Suffering and knowledge in Adorno -- On the usefulness and uselessness of religious illusions -- Genealogy as critique -- Art and criticism in Adorno's aesthetics -- Poetry and knowledge -- Plato, romanticism, and thereafter -- Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Williams -- Adorno's gaps

Note: Includes bibliogr. references and index , Liberalism & its discontents -- Neither history, nor praxis -- Outside ethics -- Freedom as an ideal -- Virtue and the good life -- Happiness and politics -- Suffering and knowledge in Adorno -- On the usefulness and uselessness of religious illusions -- Genealogy as critique -- Art and criticism in Adorno's aesthetics -- Poetry and knowledge -- Plato, romanticism, and thereafter -- Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Williams -- Adorno's gaps

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Outside ethics Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, 2005 ISBN 9781400826933

Additional Edition: ISBN 1400826934

Language: English

Subjects: Philosophy

Keywords: Ethik ; Liberalismus ; Philosophie ; Ethik ; Liberalismus ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Verlagsangaben

URL: Autorenbiografie

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005006802.html

Author information: Geuss, Raymond 1946-

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Format: 1 online resource (272 pages) : , illustrations.

Edition: Course Book.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9781400826933

Content: Outside Ethics brings together some of the most important and provocative works by one of the most creative philosophers writing today. Seeking to expand the scope of contemporary moral and political philosophy, Raymond Geuss here presents essays bound by a shared skepticism about a particular way of thinking about what is important in human life--a way of thinking that, in his view, is characteristic of contemporary Western societies and isolates three broad categories of things as important: subjective individual preferences, knowledge, and restrictions on actions that affect other people (restrictions often construed as ahistorical laws) He sets these categories in a wider context and explores various human phenomena--including poetry, art, religion, and certain kinds of history and social criticism--that do not fit easily into these categories. As its title suggests, this book seeks a place outside conventional ethics. Following a brief introduction, Geuss sets out his main concerns with a focus on ethics and politics. He then expands these themes by discussing freedom, virtue, the good life, and happiness. Next he examines Theodor Adorno's views on the relation between suffering and knowledge, the nature of religion, and the role of history in giving us critical distances from existing identities. From here he moves to aesthetic concerns. The volume closes by looking at what it is for a human life to have "gaps"--to be incomplete, radically unsatisfactory, or a failure.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. Liberalism and Its Discontents -- , 2. Neither History nor Praxis -- , 3. Outside Ethics -- , 4. Freedom as an Ideal -- , 5. Virtue and the Good Life -- , 6. Happiness and Politics -- , 7. Suffering and Knowledge in Adorno -- , 8. On the Usefulness and Uselessness of Religious Illusions -- , 9. Genealogy as Critique -- , 10. Art and Criticism in Adorno’s Aesthetics -- , 11. Poetry and Knowledge -- , 12. Plato, Romanticism, and Thereafter -- , 13. Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Williams -- , 14. Adorno’s Gaps -- , Index. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400826933

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400826933

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Format: 1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition: Course Book

ISBN: 1-282-15765-5 , 9786612157653 , 1-4008-2693-4

Content: Outside Ethics brings together some of the most important and provocative works by one of the most creative philosophers writing today. Seeking to expand the scope of contemporary moral and political philosophy, Raymond Geuss here presents essays bound by a shared skepticism about a particular way of thinking about what is important in human life--a way of thinking that, in his view, is characteristic of contemporary Western societies and isolates three broad categories of things as important: subjective individual preferences, knowledge, and restrictions on actions that affect other people (restrictions often construed as ahistorical laws). He sets these categories in a wider context and explores various human phenomena--including poetry, art, religion, and certain kinds of history and social criticism--that do not fit easily into these categories. As its title suggests, this book seeks a place outside conventional ethics. Following a brief introduction, Geuss sets out his main concerns with a focus on ethics and politics. He then expands these themes by discussing freedom, virtue, the good life, and happiness. Next he examines Theodor Adorno's views on the relation between suffering and knowledge, the nature of religion, and the role of history in giving us critical distances from existing identities. From here he moves to aesthetic concerns. The volume closes by looking at what it is for a human life to have "gaps"--to be incomplete, radically unsatisfactory, or a failure.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Liberalism and its discontents -- Neither history nor praxis -- Outside ethics -- Freedom as an ideal -- Virtue and the good life -- Happiness and politics -- Suffering and knowledge in Adorno -- On the usefulness and uselessness of religious illusions -- Genealogy as critique -- Art and criticism in Adorno's aesthetics -- Poetry and knowledge -- Plato, romanticism, and thereafter -- Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Williams -- Adorno's gaps. , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-691-12341-1

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-691-12342-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400826933

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 257 S.).

ISBN: 978-1-400-82693-3

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Liberalism and its discontents -- Neither history nor praxis -- Outside ethics -- Freedom as an ideal -- Virtue and the good life -- Happiness and politics -- Suffering and knowledge in Adorno -- On the usefulness and uselessness of religious illusions -- Genealogy as critique -- Art and criticism in Adorno's aesthetics -- Poetry and knowledge -- Plato, romanticism, and thereafter -- Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Williams -- Adorno's gaps

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 0-691-12341-1

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 0-691-12342-X

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-691-12341-7

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-691-12342-4

Language: English

Subjects: Philosophy

Keywords: Ethik ; Liberalismus ; Philosophie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

Author information: Geuss, Raymond 1946-