Outside Ethics (ebook)

Argumento de Outside Ethics (ebook)

"No one among contemporary moral and political philosophers writes better essays than Raymond Geuss. His prose is crisp, elegant, and lucid. His arguments are to the point. And, by inviting us to reconsider what we have hitherto taken for granted, he puts in question not just this or that particular philosophical thesis, but some of the larger projects in which we are engaged. Often enough Geuss does this with remarkable economy, provoking us into first making his questions our own and then discovering how difficult it is to answer them."--Alasdair MacIntyre, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"Absorbing. . . . Fourteen essays of uncommon interest. . . . [They] exhibit a striking combination of careful analysis and utter iconoclasm. . . . Despite Geuss's justified claim to be on the outside looking in, he would be a wonderful guide for all those on the inside who want to come out."--George Warnke, Ethics

"Raymond Geuss is a major voice in contemporary philosophy, and this book will enhance his stature even further. Containing some of his best pieces so far, Outside Ethics reveals his impressive range as well as the depth of his thought. I came away truly impressed. As a philosophical essayist, Geuss has achieved the height of his art."--Hans Sluga, University of California, Berkeley, author of Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

"All the essays in this book are important, interesting, and provocative, and readers will appreciate having access to them between one set of covers. The pieces on freedom alone would justify a collection; so would the thoughtful ruminations on happiness."--Robert Pippin, University of Chicago, author of Henry James and Modern Moral Life0Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Liberalism and Its Discontents 11
Chapter 2: Neither History nor Praxis 29
Chapter 3: Outside Ethics 40
Chapter 4: Freedom as an Ideal 67
Chapter 5: Virtue and the Good Life 78
Chapter 6: Happiness and Politics 97
Chapter 7: Suffering and Knowledge in Adorno 111
Chapter 8: On the Usefulness and Uselessness of Religious Illusions 131
Chapter 9: Genealogy as Critique 153
Chapter 10: Art and Criticism in Adorno's Aesthetics 161
Chapter 11: Poetry and Knowledge 184
Chapter 12: Plato, Romanticism, and Thereafter 206
Chapter 13: Thucydides, Nietzsche, and Williams 219
Chapter 14: Adorno's Gaps 234 Index 249