Better Consciousness: Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value reassesses Schopenhauer's aesthetics and ethics and their contemporary relevance.

• Features a collection of new essays from leading Schopenhauer scholars
• Explores a relatively neglected area of Schopenhauer's philosophy
• Offers a new perspective on a great thinker who crystallized the pessimism of the nineteenth century and has many points of contact with twenty-first century thought

Alex Neill is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His current focus is on the history of 18th- and 19th-century philosophical aesthetics. He is co-editor (with Aaron Ridley) of The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern (1995) and Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates, 3e (2007).

Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His research interests fall chiefly in the areas of 19th-century German philosophy and aesthetics.  His recent books include Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (2002), Reading Aesthetics: Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary (Blackwell, 2005), and Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy (2007).