Essays on the history of ethics / Michael Slote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slote, Michael, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--History.

Ethics.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Essays on the History of Ethics Michael Slote collects his essays that deal with aspects of both ancient and modern ethical thought and seek to point out conceptual/normative comparisons and contrasts among different views. Arranged in chronological order of the philosopher under discussion, the relationship between ancient ethical theory and modern moral philosophy is a major theme of several of the papers and, in particular, Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and/or utilitarianism feature centrally in (most of) the discussions. One essay seeks to show that there are three main ways to conceive

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Opposite of Reductionism; 2 The End of Teleological Ethics; 3 Ancient Ethics and Modern Moral Philosophy; 4 Comments on Bryan Van Norden's: Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy; 5 Hume on Approval; 6 Hume on the Artificial Virtues; 7 Kant for Anti-Kantians; 8 Reconfiguring Utilitarianism; 9 Under the Influence: A Very Personal Brief History of Late-Twentieth-Century Ethics; 10 Carol Gilligan and History of Ethics; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-19-045296-X

0-19-974152-2

OCLC:

536239692