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Ethics, philosophy: ethics is concerned with the evaluation and justification of actions and ultimately a justification of morality. See also good, values, norms, actions, deontology, deontic logic, consequentialism, morals, motives, reasons, action theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Arthur Schopenhauer on Ethics - Dictionary of Arguments
Korfmacher Schopenhauer zur Einführung Hamburg 1994 I 100 Ethics/Death/Fate/Schopenhauer: In everything that happens to man, it always happens to him right. >Humans. Because the will that makes up the world is he/she himself/herself. >Will. Life and death are to be regarded as atonement. >Life, >Death. "We are supposed to do something that should not be: that is why we stop being." The world is a problem for philosophy only because it should not be. >World/Thinking, >World, >Reason (Justification), >Ultimate justification, >Sense. I 123 Evil/Schopenhauer: the world ground is not good, but the evil. Cf. >The good._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
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