The Validity of Axiological Ethics

An Image of a Higher World: Ethical Renewal in Franz Brentano and Edmund Husserl

“…These self-evident emotions formed an empirical basis for the extrapolation of For an overview of mental structure according to Brentano, see Smith 1994: 45-51. Accounts of Brentano's ethics include McAlister 1976, Kastil 1951, Margolius 1929, Eaton 1930, Most 1931, Eaton 1933, and Chisholm 1986.^^ Brentano, from a letter published in Die Abkehr von Nichtrealen, quoted in Chisholm 1986: 49.^ Brentano in Scharwath 1967.^ Foundation provides a somewhat unreliable representation of Brentano's early views because its editors removed textual inconsistencies by incorporating later, significantly altered views. I refer to the volume for general support rather than detailed analysis.…”