Fichte's Ethical Thought
Allen W. Wood
Abstract
The focus of the book is a systematic exposition of Fichte’s most important ethical work, the System of Ethics (1798). It places this work in the context of Fichte’s life and career, of his philosophical system as conceived in the later Jena period, and in relation to his philosophy of right or justice and politics. Following a brief account of Fichte’s life, the book sets out the partial development of his Doctrine of Science and then the System of Ethics, with its implications for notions of freedom, moral authority, conscience, duty, and right. This account develops and emphasizes the socia ... More
Keywords: Fichte, ethics, moral philosophy, political philosophy, moral authority, intersubjectivity, human vocation, freedom, conscience
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198766889 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2016 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198766889.001.0001 |
