Ethics : the key thinkers / edited by Tom Angier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Angier, Tom P. S.

Series:

Key Thinkers

Key thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Ethicists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

Summary:

Ethics: The Key Thinkers surveys the history of Western moral philosophy, guiding students through the work and ideas of the field's most important figures, from Plato to MacIntyre. With entries written by leading contemporary scholars, the book covers the following thinkers: Plato; Aristotle; The Stoics; Thomas Aquinas; David Hume; Immanuel Kant; G.W.F. Hegel; Karl Marx; J.S. Mill; Friedrich Nietzsche; Alasdair MacIntyre. The book explores the contribution of each thinker in turn, narrating how they have changed the shape of ethical theory as a whole. The book also includes guides to the late

Contents:

Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Plato; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 2 Aristotle; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 3 The Stoics; Introduction; Foundations and influences; Nature; Ethical progress; Virtue and indifferents; The legacy of Stoic ethics; Notes; Recommended reading; Chapter 4 Aquinas; Eudaimonia - beatitudo; The human act; Principles of human action; Passion; Disposition - virtue; Law; Grace; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Hume; Hume's utilitarian virtue ethics

The language of moralsThe corruptions of religion; A naturalistic account of morality; The genealogy of morals; Reason, passion and systematization; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 6 Kant; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 7 Hegel; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 8 Marx; The historical approach; The concept of progress; Happiness and the human good; Human nature as historical; Justice and right; Marx on justice; Equality; Problems of relativism; The right and the good; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 9 Mill

First stop: Statement of the utilitarian principleSecond stop: the distinction between higher and lower pleasures; Third stop: the 'proof' of utilitarianism; Fourth stop: the utilitarian duty; Fifth stop: Utilitarianism, justice and liberty; Conclusion; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 10 Nietzsche; Introduction; Immoralism and the scope problem; The Christian morality system; The first revaluation: the slave revolt; Genealogy and critique; The second revaluation: The philosophy of the future; Notes; References; Recommended reading; Chapter 11 MacIntyre; Notes; References

Recommended readingIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-70627-X

1-4411-1382-7

OCLC:

817899475