TheBasisofMorality

Persuasiveandhumane，thisclassicofphilosophyrepresentsoneofthenineteenthcentury'smostsignificanttreatisesonethics.TheBasisofMoralityoffersSchopenhauer'sfullestexaminationoftraditionalethicalthemes，anditarticulatesadescriptiveformofethicsthatcontradictstherationallybasedprescriptivetheories.
StartingwithhispolemicagainstKant'sethicsofduty，Schopenhaueranticipatesthelatter-daycriticsofmoralphilosophy.Arguingthatcompassionformsthebasisofmorality，heoutlinesaperspectiveonethicsinwhichpassionanddesirecorrespondtodifferentmoralcharacters，behaviors，andworldviews.Inconclusion，Schopenhauerdefineshismetaphysicsofmorals，employingKant'stranscendentalidealismtoillustrateboththeinterconnectivenessofbeingandtheaffinityofhisethicstoEasternthought.，