Stephen Everson (ed.)

Ethics

Herausgeber: Everson, Stephen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 509g
• ISBN-13: 9780521388320
• ISBN-10: 0521388325
• Artikelnr.: 22119939

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: virtue and morality
2. Pre-platonic ethics Charles H. Kahn
3. Platonic ethics C. C. W. Taylor
4. Aristotle on nature and value Stephen Everson
5. Some issues in Aristotle's moral psychology John McDowell
6. The inferential foundations of Epicurean ethics David Sedley
7. Socratic paradox and Stoic theory T. H. Irwin
8. Doing without objective values: ancient and modern strategies Julia Annas
9. Moral responsibility: Aristotle and after Susan Sauvé Meyer.