description: Persuasive and humane, this classic offers Schopenhauer's fullest examination of ethical themes. A defiance of Kant's ethics of duty, it proclaims compassion as the basis of morality and outlines a perspective on ethics in which passion and desire correspond to different moral characters, behaviors, and worldviews.
language: English
title: On the Basis of Morality
titlecomplete: On the Basis of Morality
genres: Essays, Philosophy, German Literature, Classics, Nonfiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 380
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.