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1 online resource (165 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
In Essays on the History of Ethics Michael Slote collects his essays that deal with aspects of both ancient and modern ethical thought and seek to point out conceptual/normative comparisons and contrasts among different views. Arranged in chronological order of the philosopher under discussion, the relationship between ancient ethical theory and modern moral philosophy is a major theme of several of the papers and, in particular, Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and/or utilitarianism feature centrally in (most of) the discussions. One essay seeks to show that there are three main ways to conceive. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The opposite of reductionism -- The end of teleological ethics -- Ancient ethics and modern moral philosophy -- Comments on Bryan Van Norden's Virtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy -- Hume on approval -- Hume on the artificial virtues -- Kant for anti-Kantians -- Reconfiguring utilitarianism -- Under the influence : a very personal brief history of late-twentieth-century ethics -- Carol Gilligan and history of ethics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethics -- History.
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Ethics. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Slote, Michael A. Essays on the history of ethics. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780195391558 |
| ISBN |
9780199741526 (electronic book) |
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0199741522 (electronic book) |
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