James Tiles

Moral Measures

An Introduction to Ethics West and East

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Moral Measures is a clear, fresh and accessible introduction to ethics which carefully illuminates the difficult issues surrounding cross-cultural ethics and moral thought. By examining Western and Eastern moral traditions, James Tiles explores the basis for determining ethical measures of conduct across different cultures.

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A clear, fresh and accessible introduction to ethics which explores the relationship between Western and Eastern ethical thought and carefully illuminates the difficult issues surrounding cross-cultural ethics and moral thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 158mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415224963
• ISBN-10: 0415224969
• Artikelnr.: 21767392

Autorenporträt

Jim Tiles is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai'i at M noa. He is the author of Dewey (1988), also published by Routledge and the co-author of An Introduction to Historical Epistemology (1992).

Inhaltsangabe

1 The field of ethics-a preliminary Survey 2 Concrete moralities 3 Sources
of validity 4 Conflict and the search for standards 5 Man as the measure 6
Law as measure 7 The measure of law 8 The qualities of exemplary persons 9
The end as a standard 10 Pleasure as the measure 11 The self as a problem
12 Conclusion: Measures that fall short?