Description:
Frank M. Oppenheim presents Royce's Mature Ethics, the first book to examine at length Royce's ethics. Oppenheim focuses on Royce's late ethical synthesis of freedom, goodness, and duty within the life of a genuine loyalty within various communities.
Brief description:
Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J., is professor of philosophy at Xavier University. He is widely regarded as an expert on Josiah Royce, brings more than 40 years of study to bear on this magnum opus. Reverence for the Relations of Life will be essential reading for those interested in American philosophy and theology.
Review Quotes:
"Oppenheim is concerned to rescue Royce not only from neglect but from misconceptions of his work which resulted from the turf wars of the early years of the century, and he does so by a thorough examination of Royce's 'epistemology of interpretation' ... readers will find thoughtful and trustworthy comment on many topics, among them loyalty, Royce's realistic idealism, and his conception of the Loos-Spirit, the Interpreter of interpreters." --Religion and Literature