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The basis of morality

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Persuasive and humane, this classic offers Schopenhauer's fullest examination of ethical themes. A defiance of Kant's ethics of duty, it proclaims compassion as the basis of morality and outlines a perspective on ethics in which passion and desire correspond to different moral characters, behaviors, and worldviews.

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The basis of morality, Arthur Schopenhauer

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2005
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English
Publisher
Dover Publ.
Released
2005
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Paperback
ISBN10
0486446530
ISBN13
9780486446530
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Die beiden Grundprobleme der Ethik
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Persuasive and humane, this classic offers Schopenhauer's fullest examination of ethical themes. A defiance of Kant's ethics of duty, it proclaims compassion as the basis of morality and outlines a perspective on ethics in which passion and desire correspond to different moral characters, behaviors, and worldviews.