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A classic work in the field of practical and professional ethics, this collection of nine essays by English philosopher and educator Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) was first published in 1898 and forms a vital complement to Sidgwick's major treatise on moral theory, The Methods of Ethics. Reissuedhere as Volume One in a new series sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, the book is composed chiefly of addresses to members of two ethical societies that Sidgwick helped to found in Cambridge and London in the 1880s. Clear, taut, and lively, these essays demonstratethe compassion and calm reasonableness that Sidgwick brought to all his writings.As Sidgwick explains in his opening essay, the societies he addressed aimed to allow academics, professionals, and others to pursue joint efforts at reaching "some results of value for practical guidance and life." Sidgwick hoped that members might discuss such questions as when, if ever, publicofficials might be justified in lying or in breaking promises, whether scientists could legitimately inflict suffering on animals for research purposes, when nations might have just cause in going to war, and a score of other issues of ethics in public and private life still debated a century later.This valuable reissue returns Practical Ethics to its rightful place in Sidgwick's oeuvre. Noted ethicist Sissela Bok provides a superb Introduction, ranging over the course of Sidgwick's life and career and underscoring the relevance of Practical Ethics to contemporary debate. She writes:"Practical Ethics, the last book that Henry Sidgwick published before his death in 1900, contains the distillation of a lifetime of reflection on ethics and on what it would take for ethical debate to be 'really of use in the solution of practical questions.'" This rich, engaging work is essentialreading for all concerned with the relationship between ethical theory and. practice, and with the questions that have driven the study of professional ethics in recent years. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Eight of the essays were originally delivered as spoken presentations to study groups at Cambridge or London between 1888 and 1897. The last was written by Sidgwick to review or summarize his thoughts on both the topic and some results of the study groups. The essays are: The Scope and Limits of the Work of an Ethical Society, The Aim and Methods of an Ethical Society, Public Morality, The Morality of Strife, The Ethics of Religious Conformity, Clerical Veracity, Luxury, The Pursuit of Culture, and Unreasonable Action.
Describing an overall opinion of this work is very difficult, mainly due to my efforts and hopes to understand and reach conclusions on the subject of ethics. The brilliance and clarity of the author are very encouraging. The brilliance of his work may be made apparent by his coining of certain terms, such as ‘neo-Machiavellianism’ which he uses to describe certain conduct seemingly required by statesmen. However, the work also brings a disappointment due to the failure of the study groups that were the original audience. His discussion groups had an overall goal of developing a single, integrated, code of ethics. After about a decade in the attempt, they disbanded in a general failure. But, the topics addressed by Sidgwick and his thoughts are as important today as they were when written over a hundred years ago, and the implied description of the attempt at integration is well worth reading. ( )