A short history of ethics : a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th century

• Autore: MacIntyre Alasdair C
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : Routledge Imprint, 1998
• Soggetto topico: Ethics; Philosophy; Philosophy & Religion
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: The 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Short history of ethics
• ISBN: 0-684-82677-1; 0-415-17397-3; 1-299-47654-6; 1-134-68828-8; 1-280-32965-3; 0-585-46203-8; 0-203-13112-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450408503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II