Philosophy and the Good Life: Reason and the Passions in Greek, Cartesian and Psychoanalytic Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780521478908 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 248 str.

John Cottingham

Opis

Can philosophy enable us to lead better lives through a systematic understanding of our human nature? John Cottingham's thought-provoking study examines three major philosophical approaches to this problem. Starting with the attempts of Classical philosophers to cope with the recalcitrant forces of the passions, he moves on to examine the moral psychology of Descartes, and concludes by analyzing the insights of modern psychoanalytic theory into the human predicament. His study provides a fresh and challenging perspective on moral philosophy and psychology for students and specialists alike.

Recenzje

'Fascinating … an excellent instance of a historically oriented treatment of a number of important substantive issues in ethics … Cottingham is to be warmly applauded for his humane and resounding defence of the project of [exploring how] philosophy and psychoanalysis can converge or cooperate in advancing our thinking about how we want to live.' Raymond Geuss, Philosophy

Spis treści

1. Philosophy and how to live; 2. Ratiocentric ethics; 3. The ethics of science and power; 4. Ethics and the challenge to reason.