Future of Man, A Study in Human Possibilities

1944, a rare first edition of Frank E Warner's call for natural ethics

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Printing Details

First edition, first printing. Hardback. 19 × 12.5cm, 179pp.

Published in 1944, at the height of the Second World War, Future of Man is a profound and urgent plea for a new global morality. Writing under the pseudonym Frank E. Warner, the author was actually Ernest Frankenstein, a distinguished international jurist who had been stripped of his citizenship and forced to flee Berlin in the late 1930s.

Having witnessed the collapse of European legal and ethical structures firsthand, Frankenstein uses this work to propose a "Natural Ethics"—a framework designed to prevent the recurrence of totalitarianism. His central thesis argues for a society built on the dual pillars of maximum individual freedom and an equal regard for the life and freedom of others.

Condition

Fair to poor. Whilst the book remains in good readable condition, the cloth binding is badly shaken, with rippling and grubby marks, and some wear to the hinges. However, the main body of text is in better condition and is complete.