Collects nine of the late philosopher Kovesi's essays, six of which were previously published in journals. Topics include ideological tendencies in the Marxist tradition and in British ethical theory, the notion of demythologizing Christianity, the perception of a dichotomy between is and ought , and the conceptual system described in Moses Hess' essay On the Essence of Money . The introduction by Tapper (philosophy, Edith Cowan University, Perth) discusses Kovesi's life and his book Moral Notions . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.