Ethics And Action
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Fair
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few philosophers writing in the analytic tradition have wrestled as seriously with the intersection of morality, meaning, and human conduct as Peter Winch, and Ethics and Action stands as a definitive testament to that lifelong intellectual engagement. Published as part of Routledge & Kegan Paul's respected Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion series, the collection brings together a series of rigorous essays that argue for a deeply Wittgensteinian understanding of moral life — one in which ethics cannot be separated from the forms of life in which human beings are embedded. Winch presents moral reasoning not as a set of abstract principles to be mechanically applied, but as something irreducibly tied to action, context, and the limits of what can be meaningfully said. Influenced profoundly by Wittgenstein and engaging critically with thinkers such as Hume and Kant, his prose is precise yet never arid, carrying a persistent undercurrent of philosophical urgency. Each essay illuminates a different facet of ethical thought — from the nature of moral practice to questions of rationality and understanding — leaving the reader with a transformed sense of what it means to act rightly in a world that resists easy moral formulae.
Author: Peter Winch
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Routledge & Kegan Paul
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few philosophers writing in the analytic tradition have wrestled as seriously with the intersection of morality, meaning, and human conduct as Peter Winch, and Ethics and Action stands as a definitive testament to that lifelong intellectual engagement. Published as part of Routledge & Kegan Paul's respected Studies in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion series, the collection brings together a series of rigorous essays that argue for a deeply Wittgensteinian understanding of moral life — one in which ethics cannot be separated from the forms of life in which human beings are embedded. Winch presents moral reasoning not as a set of abstract principles to be mechanically applied, but as something irreducibly tied to action, context, and the limits of what can be meaningfully said. Influenced profoundly by Wittgenstein and engaging critically with thinkers such as Hume and Kant, his prose is precise yet never arid, carrying a persistent undercurrent of philosophical urgency. Each essay illuminates a different facet of ethical thought — from the nature of moral practice to questions of rationality and understanding — leaving the reader with a transformed sense of what it means to act rightly in a world that resists easy moral formulae.