Great traditions in ethics / [edited by] Theodore C. Denise, Nicholas P. White, Sheldon P. Peterfreund.

Contributor(s): Denise, Theodore Cullom, 1919- | White, Nicholas P, 1942- | Peterfreund, Sheldon Paul, 1917-
Language: English Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005Edition: Seventh EditionDescription: xii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: umediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0534626548; 9780534626549Subject(s): Ethics -- History | EthicsDDC classification: 170 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Pt. 1. Classical ethical traditions. -- Knowledge / Plato. -- Moral character / Aristotle. -- The pleasant life / Epicurus. -- Self-discipline / Epictetus. -- The love of God / Saint Augustine. -- Morality and natural law / Saint Thomas Aquinas. -- Social contract ethics / Thomas Hobbes. -- Nature and reason / Benedict de Spinoza. -- Conscience in morality / Joseph Butler. -- Morality and sentiment / David Hume. -- Duty and reason / Immanuel Kant. -- The greatest happiness principle / John Stuart Mill. -- Pt. 2. Modern continuations and critiques. -- The leap of faith / Søren Kierkegaard. -- Morality as ideology / Karl Marx. -- Utilitarianism revised / Henry Sidgwick. -- The transvaluation of values / Friedrich Nietzsche. -- Scientific method in ethics / John Dewey. -- The indefinability of good / G.E. Moore. -- Prima facie duty / W.D. Ross. -- Ethics as emotive expression / A.J. Ayer and C.L. Stevenson. -- Radical freedom / Jean-Paul Sartre. -- Good reasons in ethics / Kurt Baier. -- The concept of morality / William K. Frankena. -- Ethics and social justice / John Rawls. -- Moral virtue and human interest / Philippa Foot. -- Ethics as trusting in trust / Annette Baier. -- Inventing right and wrong / J.L. Mackie. -- Ethical skepticism / Bernard Williams. -- Epilogue: Applied ethics.
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Pt. 1. Classical ethical traditions. -- Knowledge / Plato. -- Moral character / Aristotle. -- The pleasant life / Epicurus. -- Self-discipline / Epictetus. -- The love of God / Saint Augustine. -- Morality and natural law / Saint Thomas Aquinas. -- Social contract ethics / Thomas Hobbes. -- Nature and reason / Benedict de Spinoza. -- Conscience in morality / Joseph Butler. -- Morality and sentiment / David Hume. -- Duty and reason / Immanuel Kant. -- The greatest happiness principle / John Stuart Mill. -- Pt. 2. Modern continuations and critiques. -- The leap of faith / Søren Kierkegaard. -- Morality as ideology / Karl Marx. -- Utilitarianism revised / Henry Sidgwick. -- The transvaluation of values / Friedrich Nietzsche. -- Scientific method in ethics / John Dewey. -- The indefinability of good / G.E. Moore. -- Prima facie duty / W.D. Ross. -- Ethics as emotive expression / A.J. Ayer and C.L. Stevenson. -- Radical freedom / Jean-Paul Sartre. -- Good reasons in ethics / Kurt Baier. -- The concept of morality / William K. Frankena. -- Ethics and social justice / John Rawls. -- Moral virtue and human interest / Philippa Foot. -- Ethics as trusting in trust / Annette Baier. -- Inventing right and wrong / J.L. Mackie. -- Ethical skepticism / Bernard Williams. -- Epilogue: Applied ethics.

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