Emerson's ethics
By: Gustaaf Van Cromphout.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Ethics.; Ethics, Modern -- 19th century.; Ethics, American.
Description: Everyone knows that Emerson was a moralist, but what does that really mean? In an attempt to answer that question, Gustaaf Van Cromphout provides in Emerson's Ethics a detailed and philosophically grounded discussion of Emerson's moral thought. In this first comprehensive study of Emerson's ethics in the broader context of ethical theory, Van Cromphout explores Emerson's answers to what he considered the basic question facing any thinking human being: "How should I live?"
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176) and index.