Schopenhauer

1977 · mon0001644115 — Bobbs-Merrill 1977T. paperback. Good. 1.5228 21.3198 13.4518. On the Basis of Morality is Schopenhauer�s influential critique of Kantian ethics and his own bold attempt to ground morality in compassion Mitleid rather than duty or rational principle. Written for a prize competition in 1839 the essay argues that genuine moral action arises from an intuitive recognition of the shared inner being of all creatures not from abstract rules or self-interest. Schopenhauer dismantles competing ethical theories with characteristic sharpness while offering a profound account of empathy suffering and the moral significance of the will. A key text in 19th-century philosophy essential for readers of Schopenhauer ethics and the history of moral thought. rn Bobbs-Merrill paperback