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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808798003321

Autore

MacIntyre Alasdair C

Titolo

A short history of ethics : a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric age to the twentieth century / / Alasdair MacIntyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

0-415-17398-1

0-585-46203-8

0-415-17397-3

1-134-68828-8

0-684-82677-1

0-203-13112-6

1-280-32965-3

1-299-47654-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xxiv, 280 pages)

Disciplina

170.9

Soggetti

Ethics

Ethics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- A Short History of Ethics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface To The First Edition -- 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 -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An important contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. Ideal for all philosophy students interested in ethics and



morality.