Descartes's Moral Theory
Descartes's Moral Theory
Cornell University Press | January 1999 | ISBN: 0801435676 | 177 pages | PDF | 1 mb
Cornell University Press | January 1999 | ISBN: 0801435676 | 177 pages | PDF | 1 mb
Most Cartesian scholars focus on the metaphysical and epistemological aspects of the philosopher's texts. In this long awaited volume, John Marshall invites us to reconsider Ren Descartes as an ethicist. Through an unconventional study of his statements about morality found in such writings as the Discourse on the Method, the Passions of the Soul, and various correspondence, Marshall shows how Descartes confirmed and elaborated his earlier "provisional morality" in his later works.