Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy [Hardcover]

Henry Sidgwick'sThe Methods of Ethicschallenges comparison, as no other work in moral philosophy, with Aristotle'sEthicsin the depth of its understanding of practical rationality, and in its architectural coherence it rivals the work of Kant. In this historical, rather than critical study, Professor Schneewind shows how Sidgwick's arguments and conclusions represent rational developments of the work of Sidgwick's predecessors, and brings out the nature and structure of the reasoning underlying his position.