These essays explore philosopher Henry Sidgwick's solutions to issues that are still relevant a century later. For example, how does moral philosophy fit in with the use of practical reason? And how can the moral thought of the academic be related to thought and practice in the everyday world?

This superb volume is a welcome advance in the current re-engagement with the ethical thought of Henry Sidgewick, a prominent late Victorian philosopher and reformer. Sidgewick wrote the first professional work of modern moral philosophy, yet one century after his death, his thought remains relevant to the present revival of interest in the question of how we should live.

...this book is stimulating reading...