James D. Reid is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has co-edited Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy (2012) and is the author of Being Here Is Glorious: On Rilke, Poetry, and Philosophy (2015).

• Introduction: ethics and ontology; 1. Ethical criticism; 2. Ethical truth and the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns; 3. Excursus on being and the good; 4. Things and persons: an exercise in moral ontology; 5. Owning up to life and death; 6. The ethics and ontology of formal indication; Conclusion.

'Drawing on a broad range of literary and philosophical sources, Reid perceptively, sensitively and rigorously explores the case for a 'moral ontology' grounded in Heidegger's early works: this is essential reading for anyone interested in modern European philosophy, and in the problems and possibilities embedded in Heidegger's thought.' Sacha Golob, King's College London

James D. Reid is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has co-edited Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy (2012) and is the author of Being Here Is Glorious: On Rilke, Poetry, and Philosophy (2015).

• Introduction: ethics and ontology; 1. Ethical criticism; 2. Ethical truth and the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns; 3. Excursus on being and the good; 4. Things and persons: an exercise in moral ontology; 5. Owning up to life and death; 6. The ethics and ontology of formal indication; Conclusion.

'Drawing on a broad range of literary and philosophical sources, Reid perceptively, sensitively and rigorously explores the case for a 'moral ontology' grounded in Heidegger's early works: this is essential reading for anyone interested in modern European philosophy, and in the problems and possibilities embedded in Heidegger's thought.' Sacha Golob, King's College London

James D. Reid is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has co-edited Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy (2012) and is the author of Being Here Is Glorious: On Rilke, Poetry, and Philosophy (2015).

• Introduction: ethics and ontology; 1. Ethical criticism; 2. Ethical truth and the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns; 3. Excursus on being and the good; 4. Things and persons: an exercise in moral ontology; 5. Owning up to life and death; 6. The ethics and ontology of formal indication; Conclusion.

'Drawing on a broad range of literary and philosophical sources, Reid perceptively, sensitively and rigorously explores the case for a 'moral ontology' grounded in Heidegger's early works: this is essential reading for anyone interested in modern European philosophy, and in the problems and possibilities embedded in Heidegger's thought.' Sacha Golob, King's College London