Reviews for Happiness and benevolence

The average rating for Happiness and benevolence based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-03 00:00:00 Shawn Burke For me (I'm a philosophy teacher at High School) a must-read it if you want to take a closer look at ethics. A brilliant work of great depth and intellectual acuity. It really grabbed me and didn't let go - how often did I hear myself say, "That's it!" - but you can rarely put it that way yourself. Admittedly, a very critical draft against modern ethical drafts - and precisely for that reason exciting and challenging. Utilitarianism, discourse ethics and system theory all come off badly - at the end of the day, Spaemann's ethics are based on a Christian-Aristotelian world view. But: This judgement can surely only be at the end of the reading, it should not be at the beginning. For if there is one thing Spaemann's arguments are not, it is flat or biased.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-14 00:00:00 Dejko Nikolaj A comprehensive review of the great white male philosophical thinkers; ending at about 1960ish. For someone interested in philosophy, not too dry and easy to read.