| Description |
vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Presocratic Greek Ethics / Charles H. Kahn -- 2. Classical Greek Ethics / John M. Cooper -- 3. Hellenistic Ethics / A. A. Long -- 4. Roman Ethics / A. A. Long -- 5. Early Medieval Ethics / G. Scott Davis -- 6. Late Medieval Ethics / Scott MacDonald -- 7. Renaissance Ethics / Jill Kraye -- 8. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Ethics / J. B. Schneewind -- 9. Nineteenth-Century British Ethics / Marcus G. Singer -- 10. Nineteenth-Century Continental Ethics / Richard Schacht -- 11. Twentieth-Century Continental Ethics / William B. Schroeder -- 12. Twentieth-Century Anglo-American Ethics / Alan Donagan |
| Summary |
This newly revised and updated edition is a concise yet thorough survey of the long history of Western ethics. Written by distinguished scholars, each of the twelve essays offers an accessible overview of the most important figures and influential ideas in the history of ethics from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds to contemporary thought in the Anglo-American and Continental contexts |
| Notes |
Includes Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 173-197 |
| Subject |
Ethics -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Becker, Charlotte B., 1944-
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Becker, Lawrence C.
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| LC no. |
2003013106 |
| ISBN |
0415968240 |
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0415968259 paperback |
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