InhaltsangabePreface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.- Introduction: Moral Philosophy as an Independent Discipline.- Chapter 1: The Original Data of Morality.- Chapter 2: The Ascetic Principle in Morality.- Chapter 3: Pity and Altruism.- Chapter 4: The Religious Principle in Morality.- Chapter 5: On Virtues.- Chapter 6: Pseudo Principles of Practical Philosophy.- Chapter 7: The Unity of Moral Foundations.- Chapter 8: The Unconditional Principle of Morality.- Chapter 9: The Reality of the Moral Order.- Chapter 10: The Individual and Society.- Chapter 11: The Principal Eras in the Historical Development of Personal-Social Consciousness.- Chapter 12: Abstract Subjectivism in Morality.- Chapter 13: The Moral Norm of Sociality.- Chapter 14: The National Question from the Moral Point of View.- Chapter 15: The Penal Question from the Moral Point of View.- Chapter 16: The Economic Question from the Moral Point of View.- Chapter 17: Morality and Legal Right.- Chapter 18: The Meaning of War.- Chapter 19: The Moral Organization of Humanity as a Whole.- Chapter 20: Conclusion: The Definitive Determination of the Moral Meaning of Life and the Transition to Theoretical Philosophy.

Vladimir Solov'ëv: Generally hailed as his country's greatest and most systematic philosophy, Vladimir Solov'ëv (1853-1900) returned to philosophy in the 1890s after a decade devoted to church and political issues. Translator Thomas Nemeth: After obtaining his PhD from the University of Louvain, Nemeth did post-doctoral work in Germany and Australia. The author of numerous articles on phenomenology, Kant and Russian philosophy, he previously translated G. Shpet's Appearance and Sense into English and is the author of The Early Solov'ëv and His Quest for Metaphysics, also available through Springer.