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Formalism in ethics and non-formal ethics of values; a new attempt toward the foundation of an ethical personalism [by] Max Scheler.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophyPublication details: Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1973.Edition: [5th rev. ed.] Translated by Manfred S. Frings and Roger L. FunkDescription: xxxiv, 620 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 0810104156
Uniform titles:
  • Formalismus in der Ethik und die materiale Wertethik. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170
LOC classification:
  • B3329.S483 F622 1973
Contents:
Part 1. I. Non-formal value-ethics and ethics of goods and purposes : 1. Goods and values ; 2. The relation of the values "good" and "evil" to the other values and goods ; 3. Purposes and values -- II. Formalism and apriorism : A. The a priori and the formal in general ; B. The non-formal a priori in ethics : 1. Formal essential interconnections ; 2. Values and bearers of values ; 3. Higher and lower values ; 4. The a priori relations between heights of values and pure bearers of values ; 5. A priori relations of rank among value-modalities -- III. Non-formal ethics and ethics of success. Part 2. IV. Value-ethics and ethics of imperatives : 1. Unsatisfactory theories of the origin of the concept of value and the essence of moral facts ; 2. Value and the ought -- V. Non-formal value-ethics and eudaemonism : 1. Value and pleasure ; 2. Feeling and feeling-states ; 3. The meaning of the thesis of the relativity and subjectivity of values ; 4. The relativity of values to man ; 5. The relativity of values to life ; 6. The historical relativity of ethical value-estimations and its dimensions ; 7. The so-called conscience subjectivity of moral values ; 8. The stratification of the emotional life ; 9. The interconnections between feeling-states and moral values ; 10. The idea of sanction and reprisal in relation to the connection between happiness and moral values -- VI. Formalism and person : A. On the theoretical conception of the person in general ; B. The person in ethical contexts.
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Translation of Der Formalismus in der Ethik und die materiale Wertethik.

Bibliography: p. 597-603.

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Part 1. I. Non-formal value-ethics and ethics of goods and purposes : 1. Goods and values ; 2. The relation of the values "good" and "evil" to the other values and goods ; 3. Purposes and values -- II. Formalism and apriorism : A. The a priori and the formal in general ; B. The non-formal a priori in ethics : 1. Formal essential interconnections ; 2. Values and bearers of values ; 3. Higher and lower values ; 4. The a priori relations between heights of values and pure bearers of values ; 5. A priori relations of rank among value-modalities -- III. Non-formal ethics and ethics of success. Part 2. IV. Value-ethics and ethics of imperatives : 1. Unsatisfactory theories of the origin of the concept of value and the essence of moral facts ; 2. Value and the ought -- V. Non-formal value-ethics and eudaemonism : 1. Value and pleasure ; 2. Feeling and feeling-states ; 3. The meaning of the thesis of the relativity and subjectivity of values ; 4. The relativity of values to man ; 5. The relativity of values to life ; 6. The historical relativity of ethical value-estimations and its dimensions ; 7. The so-called conscience subjectivity of moral values ; 8. The stratification of the emotional life ; 9. The interconnections between feeling-states and moral values ; 10. The idea of sanction and reprisal in relation to the connection between happiness and moral values -- VI. Formalism and person : A. On the theoretical conception of the person in general ; B. The person in ethical contexts.