Moral Questions

by Rush Rhees, D.Z. Phillips (Editor)

Rush Rhees questions the viability of moral theories and the general claims they make in ethics. He shows how one can both be concerned with knowing what one ought to do while recognizing that one's answer is a personal one. These insights, arrived at in a distinctive style, characteristic of Rhees, are then applied to issues of life and death, human sexuality, and our relations to animals. To recognize why philosophy cannot answer such questions for us is an affirmation, not a denial, of their importance.

Genres: Philosophy

292 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Rush Rhees was an American philosopher. He is principally known as a student, friend, and literary executor of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Rhees taught at Swansea University from 1940 to 1966.

Not to be confused with his father (Benjamin) Rush Rhees, third president of the University of Rochester.