Moral motivation : a history / Iakovos Vasiliou. [electronic resource]

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Vasiliou, Iakovos, 1966- editor.

Series:

• Oxford philosophical concepts.
• Oxford philosophical concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Moral motivation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

'Moral Motivation' provides a history of moral motivation by ten eminent scholars, covering Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Kant, the consequentialists and others. It shows the complexity of the historical treatment of moral motivation and, moreover, how intertwined discussion of moral motivation is with central aspects of ethical theory.

Notes:

• Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 13, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-049625-8