An Essay on Intuitive Morals: Being an Attempt to Popularize Ethical Science Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy)
Cambridge University Press, 12/2/2010
EAN 9781108020275, ISBN10: 1108020275
Paperback, 256 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904) was an Irish writer, social reformer and activist best known for her contributions to Victorian feminism and women's suffrage. After the death of her father in 1857, Cobbe travelled extensively across Europe before becoming a leader-writer addressing public issues for the London newspaper The Echo in 1868. She continued to publish on the topics of feminism, social problems and theology for the rest of her life. These volumes, first published anonymously in 1855, introduced Cobbe's theistic religious beliefs, which blend a belief in Divinity with Immanuel Kant's idea of freedom of will, in which a person's moral imperative is independent of outside authority and provides proof of the existence of God. Cobbe discusses Kant's moral philosophy, explaining the religious beliefs which formed the basis for her later discussions of Christianity. Volume 2 contains her ides on religious and moral duty.
Preface
Introduction
1. The canon of religious duty
2. Religious offences
3. Religious faults
4. Religious obligations.