Brent Adkins

Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

How should we live? How should we act? How might we live? These are the three questions of moral philosophy. Brent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche and Levinas. The book is divided into 3 sections - Ethics, Morality and Beyond. Two thinkers are paired in each section to show you how the important questions of moral philosophy have been answered so that you might better answer them for yourself. You'll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474422796
• Artikelnr.: 50403202

Autorenporträt

Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Three Questions
I: ETHICS: ARISTOTLE AND SPINOZA
1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good
2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness
3. Spinoza: The Universe and Power
4. Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom
II: MORALITY: KANT AND MILL
5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good
6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative
7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure
8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number
III: BEYOND: NIETZSCHE AND LEVINAS
9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions
10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power
11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation
12. Levinas: Ethics and the Other
Conclusion: Beyond Beyond
Timeline
Suggestions for Further Reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index.