Emerson's ethics

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?"

subjects: American Ethics,  Ethics,  Ethics, American,  Ethics, Modern,  Modern Ethics,  Emerson, ralph waldo, 1803-1882,  Ethics in literature

People: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Times: 19th century