LEADER 02867oam 2200541zu 450 001 9910450408503321 005 20210721054600.0 010 $a0-684-82677-1 010 $a0-415-17397-3 010 $a1-299-47654-6 010 $a1-134-68828-8 010 $a1-280-32965-3 010 $a0-585-46203-8 010 $a0-203-13112-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000008833 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284161 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233853 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284161 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261016 035 $a(PQKB)10710809 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165752 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4435395 035 $a(PPN)18729691X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000008833 100 $a20160829d1998 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA short history of ethics$ea history of moral philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th century 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cRoutledge Imprint$d1998 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-415-28749-9 311 $a0-415-17398-1 327 $aThe philosophical point of the history of ethics -- The prephilosophical history of "good" and the transition to philosophy -- The sophists and Socrates -- Plato : the gorgias -- Plato : the republic -- Postscript to Plato -- Aristotle's ethics -- Postscript to Greek ethics -- Christianity -- Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza -- New values -- The British eighteenth-century argument -- The French eighteenth-century argument -- Kant -- Hegel and Marx -- Kierkegaard to Nietzsche -- Reformers, utilitarians, idealists -- Modern moral philosophy. 330 $aA Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre emphasises the importance of a historical context to moral concepts and ideas showing the relevance of philosophical queries on moral concepts and the importance of a historical account of ethics. A Short History of Ethics is an important contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. Ideal for all philosophy students interested in ethics and morality. 606 $aEthics$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 615 7$aEthics 615 7$aPhilosophy 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 700 $aMacIntyre$b Alasdair C$0187637 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450408503321 996 $aShort history of ethics$9555830 997 $aUNINA