A. C. Ewing (1899–1973)

12/7/21

12/6/21

This book is somewhat short, but quite concise. It covers the major questions of philosophy in a relatively simple manner intended for the layman. It has chapters on God, Monism, Human Freedom, Truth, Cause, and other such things. It contains a bibliography for further reading and a short index.

I did enjoy it, but I don't really want to read it again.

A leading philosopher of ethics gives an account of the different theories which attempt to ground ethical behaviour in some acceptable foundation. A good try but alas ethical theory is a slippery beast at best. This work requires some knowledge on the part of the reader of the philosophical mode of analysis.