On the Basis of Morality

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book philosophical treatise

On the Basis of Morality is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer in which he argues that genuine ethics is grounded in compassion rather than rational duty or self-interest.

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Label	Occurrences
On the Basis of Morality canonical	5
Über die Grundlage der Moral	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
aimsTo	identify the true foundation of morality ⓘ
arguesAgainst	eudaimonistic ethics ⓘ purely rational foundations of ethics ⓘ
arguesThat	moral worth arises from compassion for others ⓘ
associatedPhilosopher	Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
author	Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
centralConcept	Mitleid (compassion) ⓘ
claims	moral actions are those that reduce the suffering of others ⓘ only compassion provides a non-egoistic basis for ethics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
criticizes	Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy ⓘ
ethicalView	altruism grounded in compassion ⓘ rejection of moral egoism ⓘ rejection of purely deontological ethics ⓘ
field	ethics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
genre	moral philosophy ⓘ philosophical essay ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle	On the Basis of Morality self-link ⓘ
hasForm	extended essay ⓘ
hasInfluenced	ethics of compassion ⓘ pessimistic philosophy ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
mainTopic	ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ
opposes	rational duty-based ethics ⓘ self-interest-based ethics ⓘ
originalTitle	On the Basis of Morality self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Über die Grundlage der Moral
philosophicalMethod	critical analysis of rival ethical theories ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	ethics grounded in compassion ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Schopenhauerian ethics ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	critique of Kantian ethics ⓘ motivation of moral action ⓘ role of will in morality ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Western philosophy ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	On the Freedom of the Will ⓘ The World as Will and Representation ⓘ
subjectOf	historical studies of 19th-century philosophy ⓘ scholarly commentary in ethics ⓘ
supports	compassion as the basis of morality ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Arthur Schopenhauer → notableWork → On the Basis of Morality ⓘ

On the Freedom of the Will → followedBy → On the Basis of Morality ⓘ

On the Freedom of the Will → relatedWork → On the Basis of Morality ⓘ

On the Basis of Morality → originalTitle → On the Basis of Morality self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Über die Grundlage der Moral

On the Basis of Morality → hasEnglishTitle → On the Basis of Morality self-link ⓘ

Schopenhauer’s prize essays → containsWork → On the Basis of Morality ⓘ