{"product_id":"2026200012287-secondhand-ethics-and-action","title":"Ethics And Action","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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 \u0026amp; 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.\n\nWinch 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130925588699,"sku":"2026200012287-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b855ea50-ed0d-4b54-9a00-85a65c55be70.png?v=1786592330","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012287-secondhand-ethics-and-action","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}