The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
Schopenhauer, Arthur / Cartwright, David (Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin Whitewater) / Erdmann, Edward E. (Associate Professor in Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin Whitewater)
Schopenhauer argues, in uniquely powerful prose, that self-consciousness gives the illusion of freedom and that human actions are determined, but that we rightly feel guilt because our actions issue from our essential individual character. He locates moral value in the virtues of loving kindness and voluntary justice that spring from the fundamental incentive of compassion. Morality's basis is ultimately metaphysical, resting on an intuitive i...