Ethics Emotion and the Unity of the Self (Routledge Revivals)

<p>This <em>Routledge Revival</em> reissues Oliver Letwin’s philosophical treatise: <em>Ethics Emotion and the Unity of the Self</em> first published in 1987 which concerns the applicability of the artistic classifications of romanticism and classicism to philosophical doctrine. </p><p>Dr Letwin examines three particular theses associated with philosophical romanticism: that there is within us a high self and a low self; that there is a moral self in inevitable conflict with an amoral self; and that there is a rational self disjoined from and in tension with a passionate self. </p><p>He argues that these notions of philosophical romanticism are in fact radically false and instead takes the view that man can be a unified being of the sort described by philosophical classicists. But man has to work to achieve this status. The intrinsic unity of the human personality is not a guarantee of a coherent life but a challenge to be met.</p>