"What is right? What is wrong? How do we decide? To a remarkable extent, our decision-making is determined by the origins of the ethical ideas that we employ and the history of their development. ""A Short History of Ethics"" is an introduction to the subject, presenting in concise form an insightful history of moral philosophy in the West, from the Greeks to contemporary times. In clear and readable prose, Alasdair MacIntyre leads the reader towards a greater understanding of what lies behind our ethical decisions."
By:
Alasdair MacIntyre
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 324g
ISBN: 9780415287494
ISBN 10: 0415287499
Series: Routledge Classics
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 09 May 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1 The Philosophical Point of the History of Ethics 2 The Prephilosophical History of “Good” and the Transition to Philosophy 3 The Sophists and Socrates 4 Plato: The Gorgias 5 Plato: The Republic 6 Postscript to Plato 7 Aristotle’s Ethics 8 Postscript to Greek Ethics 9 Christianity 10 Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza 11 New Values 12 The British Eighteenth-Century Argument 13 The French Eighteenth-Century Argument 14 Kant 15 Hegel and Marx 16 Kierkegaard to Nietzsche 17 Reformers, Utilitarians, Idealists 18 Modern Moral Philosophy
Reviews for A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century
'Very powerful ... this book is an impressive contribution to our endless argument about the meaning of ethical concepts.' -- The Observer
