The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre. Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy.

by Jonathan Webber

Recent developments in ethical discourse have brought the issue of the nature and development of character traits to the forefront of philosophical debate once again. This discussion tends to revolve around theories derived from Aristotle's account of character, and overlooks Sartre's existentialist alternative entirely. This accessible book presents an existentialist alternative to the currently dominant Aristotelian view of character. It will be of interest, therefore, to academics and graduate students concerned with virtue ethics and the theory of character as much as to those concerned with Sartre and existentialism in general. The book should set both the agenda and the standard for future discussions of Sartre's work within philosophical discourse.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Jonathan Webber is a philosophy professor working at the intersection of moral philosophy and the philosophy of psychology. He is especially interested in what contemporary social psychology can offer to current debates in moral philosophy, and in how philosophy and psychology can be informed by twentieth-century French existentialism.

Reviews

[Kamakana · Rating 3 out of 5]

140312: this is a difficult read, seeming to claim counter to some other texts i have read on sartre- notably heter- but making assertions through critical reassessment of translations and other interpretations, primarily to offer a coherent position of sartrean ethics. he asserts that a key way to understand sartre is on character, in the end, this is contrasted to freudian and aristotlian models of character…

this is one of those deceptively slim books that actually expect you to have read many other texts, and it helps if you read french, or follow logic of translations. some philosophy makes me feel smart, some philosophy makes me feel stupid- like this one. i do not read fluent french…