How Long to Read The Development of Ethics: Volume 2

How Long Does it Take to Read The Development of Ethics: Volume 2?

It takes the average reader 15 hours and 58 minutes to read The Development of Ethics: Volume 2 by Terence Irwin

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Description

The Development of Ethics is a selective historical and critical study of moral philosophy in the Socratic tradition, with special attention to Aristotelian naturalism. It discusses the main topics of moral philosophy as they have developed historically, including: the human good, human nature, justice, friendship, and morality; the methods of moral inquiry; the virtues and their connexions; will, freedom, and responsibility; reason and emotion; relativism, subjectivism, and realism; the theological aspect of morality. This volume examines early modern moral philosophy from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Volume 3 will continue the story up to Rawls's Theory of Justice. The present volume begins with Suarez's interpretation of Scholastic moral philosophy, and examines seventeenth- and eighteenth- century responses to the Scholastic outlook, to see how far they constitute a distinctively different conception of moral philosophy. The treatments of natural law by Grotius, Hobbes, Cumberland, and Pufendorf are treated in some detail. Disputes about moral facts, moral judgments, and moral motivation, are traced through Cudworth, Clarke, Balguy, Hutcheson, Hume, Price, and Reid. Butler's defence of a naturalist account of morality is examined and compared with the Aristotelian and Scholastic views discussed in Volume 1. The volume ends with a survey of the persistence of voluntarism in English moral philosophy, and a brief discussion of the contrasts and connexions between Rousseau and earlier views on natural law. The emphasis of the book is not purely descriptive, narrative, or exegetical, but also philosophical. Irwin discusses the comparative merits of different views, the difficulties that they raise, and how some of the difficulties might be resolved. The book tries to present the leading moral philosophers of the past as participants in a rational discussion that is still being carried on, and tries to help the reader to participate in this discussion.

How long is The Development of Ethics: Volume 2?

The Development of Ethics: Volume 2 by Terence Irwin is 936 pages long, and a total of 239,616 words.

This makes it 316% the length of the average book. It also has 293% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Development of Ethics: Volume 2 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 49 minutes to read The Development of Ethics: Volume 2 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Development of Ethics: Volume 2?

The Development of Ethics: Volume 2 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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