Nishida Kitaro · Philosophy

The Good as Self-Realization

The ethics of <em>An Inquiry into the Good</em>: the good is the <em>realization of the self</em> - the actualization of the unified personality&rsquo;s deepest demand - a self-realization ethic set against both hedonism and duty-for-duty&rsquo;s-sake, which reaches its height not in the ego but in union and love.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that for Nishida the good is the realization of the self - the development and perfection of the unified personality - rather than pleasure (hedonism) or bare duty; and that the true self, realized fully, transcends the ego into union with reality. Explain the view and how it escapes egoism.

Leads to Aristotle.

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