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Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction


Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction

Paperback by Arrington, Robert L. (Georgia State University)

Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction

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ISBN:
9780631194163
Publication Date:
27 Nov 1997
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages:
436 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 26 May 2024
Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction

Description

This volume provides a wide-ranging and lucid introducing to the major ethical theories found in the history of Western philosophy.

Contents

Preface vii Acknowledgments x 1. Socrates and the Sophists: an Invitation to Ethics 1 2. Plato 34 3. Aristotle 63 4. Hellenistic Ethics: Epicurus and the Stoics 93 5. Ethics During the Medieval Period 122 6. Hobbes 157 7. Spinoza 184 8. Butler 211 9. Hume 231 10. Kant 261 11. Hegel 295 12. Bentham and Mills 318 13. Nietzsche 361 Epilogue: Into the Twentieth Century 378 Recommended Readings 388 Notes 393 Index 414

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