Ethics and the History of Philosophy: Selected Essays

by C.D. Broad

Overview

First published in 2000. This is Volume I of six in the Library of Philosophy series on Ethics and Political Philosophy. Written in 1952, this is a selection of essays from public lectures and articles on the biographies on Sir Issac Newton and John Locke, sections on the philosophy of science, and ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415613729
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/05/2010
Series:	International Library of Philosophy
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

C D Broad, Trinity College Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Biography; Chapter 1 Sir Isaac Newton; Chapter 2 John Locke; Chapter 3 Henry Sidgwick; Chapter 4 John McTaggart Ellis Mctaggart; Chapter 5 William Ernest Johnson; Philosophy of Science; Chapter 6 The Philosophy of Francis Bacon; Chapter 7 The New Philosophy: Bruno to Descartes; Chapter 8 Liebniz’s Last Controversy with the Newtonians; Ethics; Chapter 9 Determinism, Indeterminism, and Libertarianism; Chapter 10 Egoism as a Theory of Human Motives; Chapter 11 Ought We to Fight for Our Country in the Next War?; Chapter 12 Conscience and Conscientious Action;