Reclaiming The History Of Ethics

Author : Andrews Reath
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521472401

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Reclaiming the History of Ethics by Andrews Reath Pdf

The essays in this volume offer an approach to the history of moral and political philosophy that takes its inspiration from John Rawls. The distinctive feature of this approach is to address substantive normative questions in moral and political philosophy through an analysis of the texts and theories of major figures in the history of the subject: Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, and Marx. By reconstructing the core of these theories in a way that is informed by contemporary theoretical concerns, the contributors show how the history of the subject is a resource for understanding present and perennial problems in moral and political philosophy.

Author : David Carr,Thomas Robert Flynn,Rudolf A. Makkreel
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810120273

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The Ethics of History by David Carr,Thomas Robert Flynn,Rudolf A. Makkreel Pdf

Expressing a variety of philosophical interests and epistemic and ethical views, the essays in this volume acknowledge the ethical dimension of historical enterprise and describe that dimension as integral to what history is. --book cover.

Author : Stanley B. Cunningham
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813215402

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Reclaiming Moral Agency by Stanley B. Cunningham Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the moral philosophy Albert the Great (1200-1280)--the first and only such undertaking in English

Author : John Bradshaw
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Integrity
ISBN : 9780553095920

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Reclaiming Virtue by John Bradshaw Pdf

The best-selling author of Creating Love sets out to redefine what it means to live a moral life in today's world by helping readers reclaim and cultivate their inborn moral intelligence by developing one's instincts for goodness in childhood and nurturing them through one's adult life to promote good character and moral responsibility.

Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268161286

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A Short History of Ethics by Alasdair MacIntyre Pdf

A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair MacIntyre has included a new preface in which he examines his book “thirty years on” and considers its impact. It remains an important work, ideal for all students interested in ethics and morality.

Author : Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0415173973

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A Short History of Ethics by Alasdair C. MacIntyre Pdf

What is right? What is wrong? How do we decide? To a remarkable extent, our decision-making is determined by the origins of the ethical ideas that we employ and the history of their development.

Author : Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Ethics
ISBN : OCLC:1019706547

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A Short History of Ethics by Alasdair C. MacIntyre Pdf

Author : Oliver A. Johnson,Andrews Reath
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 053845282X

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Ethics: Selections from Classic and Contemporary Writers by Oliver A. Johnson,Andrews Reath Pdf

This unique collection includes writings of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the Western tradition, from Plato to John Rawls. Chronologically organized to illuminate each writer's role in the history of ethics, the book's comprehensive coverage fosters a firm grasp of ideas in the history of Western moral philosophy, as well as contemporary moral philosophy. Selections from the contemporary period are designed to highlight the continuity between the history of moral philosophy and contemporary moral theory. The collection includes an introduction to ethical theory, introductions to each of the major historical periods, brief introductions to each selection, and new study tools to help focus students' reading. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : Volker Gerhardt,Rolf-Peter Horstmann,Ralph Schumacher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Berlin (Germany)
ISBN : 3110169797

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Kant und die Berliner Aufklärung by Volker Gerhardt,Rolf-Peter Horstmann,Ralph Schumacher Pdf

Author : Henry Sidgwick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108041041

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Outlines of the History of Ethics for English Readers by Henry Sidgwick Pdf

Published in 1886, this book is a history of ethics from the early Greeks through to nineteenth-century schools of thought.

Author : Lyse Langlois
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781897425749

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The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership by Lyse Langlois Pdf

Maximizing productivity without regard for human consequences, the quest for profit above all else, the stifling of individual personality and creative expression, a competitive atmosphere-these are the reigning features of the modern workplace. Although many writers have called attention to the debilitating effects of this dehumanization of the working environment, solutions have been less in evidence. In The Anatomy of Ethical Leadership, Lyse Langlois frames the problem in terms of ethics, pointing to the fact that managers are often uncertain how to integrate ethical considerations into their process of decision making. She explores the instrumental, often highly legalistic patterns of thought that pervade modern organizations and proposes instead a new emphasis on dialogue and on modes of reasoning that make room for the complexity of ordinary reality. To that end, she outlines a trajectory for ethical, responsible, and authentic decision making--the TERA model-that managers --

Author : P. V. N. Myers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1330283090

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History as Past Ethics by P. V. N. Myers Pdf

Excerpt from History as Past Ethics: An Introduction to the History of Morals This work completes the series of historical textbooks which I began more than thirty years ago. It is an expansion of a course of lectures given for several years to my advanced classes in history, and is designed as a brief introduction to the history of morals. In treating the science of morals as a branch of history my thought is, without trenching in the least upon the domain of the philosophy of morals, to make the work of the department of history more helpfully introductory than it has hitherto been to that of the department of moral philosophy. The book is the outgrowth of a conviction that the philosophy of ethics, if it shall become a stimulus and guide to social service and humanitarian effort, - especially if it shall bring reenforcement to that ethical idealism which so largely motives the present-day movement for world peace, - must be based on a knowledge of the facts of the moral life of the race in all the various stages of the historic evolution, and that to gather and systematize these facts is a part of the task of the historian, indeed the most important part of his task. It is my hope that teachers of both history and ethics may find the book helpful, whether made the basis of classroom discussion or of lecture comment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Mark Timmons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198250104

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Kant's Metaphysics of Morals by Mark Timmons Pdf

Kant's last major works on ethics, The Metaphysics of Morals has become a focus of recent scholarship. This volume draws together a selection of the most interesting current work by leading scholars.

Author : Lorraine Daston
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262353816

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Against Nature by Lorraine Daston Pdf

A pithy work of philosophical anthropology that explores why humans find moral orders in natural orders. Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human behavior? From ancient India and ancient Greece, medieval France and Enlightenment America, up to the latest controversies over gay marriage and cloning, natural orders have been enlisted to illustrate and buttress moral orders. Revolutionaries and reactionaries alike have appealed to nature to shore up their causes. No amount of philosophical argument or political critique deters the persistent and pervasive temptation to conflate the “is” of natural orders with the “ought” of moral orders. In this short, pithy work of philosophical anthropology, Lorraine Daston asks why we continually seek moral orders in natural orders, despite so much good counsel to the contrary. She outlines three specific forms of natural order in the Western philosophical tradition—specific natures, local natures, and universal natural laws—and describes how each of these three natural orders has been used to define and oppose a distinctive form of the unnatural. She argues that each of these forms of the unnatural triggers equally distinctive emotions: horror, terror, and wonder. Daston proposes that human reason practiced in human bodies should command the attention of philosophers, who have traditionally yearned for a transcendent reason, valid for all species, all epochs, even all planets.

Author : Terence Irwin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192597816

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Ethics Through History by Terence Irwin Pdf

What is the human good? What are the primary virtues that make a good person? What makes an action right? Must we try to maximize good consequences? How can we know what is right and good? Can morality be rationally justified? In Ethics Through History, Terence Irwin addresses such fundamental questions, making these central debates intelligible to readers without an extensive background in philosophy. He provides a historical and philosophical discussion of major questions and key philosophers in the history of ethics, in the tradition that begins with Socrates onwards. Irwin covers ancient, medieval, and modern moral philosophers whose views have helped to form the agenda for contemporary ethical theory, paying attention to the strengths and weaknesses of their respective positions.