Schleiermacher: Lectures on Philosophical Ethics by Friedrich... - 9780521809825

Schleiermacher: Lectures on Philosophical EthicsAuthor(s): Friedrich Schleiermacher, Robert B. Louden, Louise Adey Huish\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521809825, 978-0521809825\nSynopsis\nThis 2002 book was the first English translation of Friedrich Schleiermacher's mature ethical theory. Situated between the better-known positions of Kant and Hegel, Schleiermacher's ethics represents an under-explored and singular option within the rich and creative tradition of German idealism. Schleiermacher is known to English readers primarily as a theologian and hermeneuticist, but many German scholars have argued that it is in fact his philosophical work in ethics that constitutes his most outstanding intellectual achievement. The lectures, which were not published in his lifetime, are thought to span the years [tel] and address such topics as ethics as a descriptive science, ethics as a study of the .