Great traditions in ethics /
Great traditions in ethics /
[edited by] Theodore C. Denise, Nicholas P. White, Sheldon P. Peterfreund.
- 11th ed.
- CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005.
- xii, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
0534626548
Ethics--History
Ethics.
Plato--knowledge and virtue, Aristotle--moral character, Epicurus--the pleasant life, Epictetus--self-discipline, Saint Agustine--The love of God, Saint Tomas Aquinas--morality and natual law, Thomas Hobbes--social contact ethics, Benedict de Spinoza--nature and reason, Joseph Butler--conscience in morality, David Hume--morality and sentiment, Immanuel Kant--duty and reason, John Stuart Mill--the greatest happiness principle.
Soren Kierkegaard--the leap of faith, Karl Marx--morality as ideology, Henry Sidgwick--utilirianism revised, Friedrich Nietzsche--the transvaluation of values, John Dewey--scientific methods in ethics, G.E. Moore-- the indefinability of good, W.D. Ross--Prima facie duty, A.J. Ayer and C.L. Stevenson --ethics as emotive expression, Jean-Paul Sartre--radical freedom, Kurt Baier--good reasons in ethics, William K. Frankena--the concept of morality, John Rawls--ethics and social justice, Philippa Foot--moral virtue and human interest, Annette Baier--ethics as trusting in trust, J.L. Mackie--inventing right and wrong, Bernard Williams--ethical skepticism.
Includes bibliographical references.
0534626548
Ethics--History
Ethics.
Plato--knowledge and virtue, Aristotle--moral character, Epicurus--the pleasant life, Epictetus--self-discipline, Saint Agustine--The love of God, Saint Tomas Aquinas--morality and natual law, Thomas Hobbes--social contact ethics, Benedict de Spinoza--nature and reason, Joseph Butler--conscience in morality, David Hume--morality and sentiment, Immanuel Kant--duty and reason, John Stuart Mill--the greatest happiness principle.
Soren Kierkegaard--the leap of faith, Karl Marx--morality as ideology, Henry Sidgwick--utilirianism revised, Friedrich Nietzsche--the transvaluation of values, John Dewey--scientific methods in ethics, G.E. Moore-- the indefinability of good, W.D. Ross--Prima facie duty, A.J. Ayer and C.L. Stevenson --ethics as emotive expression, Jean-Paul Sartre--radical freedom, Kurt Baier--good reasons in ethics, William K. Frankena--the concept of morality, John Rawls--ethics and social justice, Philippa Foot--moral virtue and human interest, Annette Baier--ethics as trusting in trust, J.L. Mackie--inventing right and wrong, Bernard Williams--ethical skepticism.