Ethics by Stephen Everson (English) Paperback Book

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This collection of essays provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

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This fourth Companion to Ancient Thought is devoted to ancient ethics. The chapters range over the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the work of the Hellenistic philosophers. There is a substantial introduction which considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics, and an extensive bibliography. This collection provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: virtue and morality; 2. Pre-platonic ethics Charles H. Kahn; 3. Platonic ethics C. C. W. Taylor; 4. Aristotle on nature and value Stephen Everson; 5. Some issues in Aristotle's moral psychology John McDowell; 6. The inferential foundations of Epicurean ethics David Sedley; 7. Socratic paradox and Stoic theory T. H. Irwin; 8. Doing without objective values: ancient and modern strategies Julia Annas; 9. Moral responsibility: Aristotle and after Susan Sauve Meyer.

Review

"...this rich collection contains important essays, each by a scholar whose previous translation or commentary is well known for the topic on which he or she is writing." Laurence D. Houlgate, Ethics "This is an excellent collection of essays by eight accomplished philosophical scholars. No previous collection on ancient ethics matches both the quality of the essays and the range of figures covered. This collection is a worthy companion to serious study of ancient ethical thought." Ancient Philosophy

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"...this rich collection contains important essays, each by a scholar whose previous translation or commentary is well known for the topic on which he or she is writing." Laurence D. Houlgate, Ethics

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A sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world.

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This collection of essays, the fourth Companion to Ancient Thought, provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

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This collection of essays, the fourth Companion to Ancient Thought, provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

Details ISBN0521388325 Short Title ETHICS Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Companions to Ancient Thought Language English ISBN-10 0521388325 ISBN-13 9780521388320 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 170.938 Series Number 4 Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-05-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Stephen Everson Pages 312 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Affiliation University of Michigan, Ann Arbor DOI 10.1604/9780521388320 Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 1998-05-04 AU Release Date 1998-05-04 NZ Release Date 1998-05-04 Author Stephen Everson We've got this

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