Download or read book Lecture on Ethics written by Ludwig Wittgenstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete edition yet published of Wittgenstein’s1929 lecture includes a never-before published first draft andmakes fresh claims for its significance in Wittgenstein’soeuvre. The first available print publication of all known drafts ofWittgenstein’s Lecture on Ethics Includes a previously unrecognized first draft of the lectureand new transcriptions of all drafts Transcriptions preserve the philosopher’s emendationsthus showing the development of the ideas in the lecture Proposes a different draft as the version read by Wittgensteinin his 1929 lecture Includes introductory essays on the origins of the material andon its meaning, content, and importance