The Oxford Handbook of The History of Ethics

No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First printing. xvi, 897, [5 (blank)] pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 246 x 169mm. Philosophy. Numerous contributors. "Philosophical ethics consists in the human endeavour to answer rationally the fundamental question of how we should live. 'The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics' explores the history of philosophical ethics in the western tradition from Homer until the present day. It provides a broad overview of the views of many of the main thinkers, schools, and periods, and includes in addition essays on topics such as autonomy and impartiality. The authors areinternational leaders in their field, and use their expertise and specialist knowledge to illuminate the relevance of their work to discussions in contemporary ethics." Contents: Preface; List of Contributors; 1: Roger Crisp: Homeric Ethics; 2: Nicholas White: Plato's Ethics; 3: Paula Gottlieb: Aristotle's Ethics; 4: Phillip Mitsis: Epicurus: Freedom, Death, and Hedonism; 5: Christopher Gill: Cynicism and Stoicism; 6: Richard Bett: Ancient Scepticism; 7: Lloyd P. Gerson: Platonic Ethics in Later Antiquity; 8: Colleen McCluskey: Thomism; 9: Thomas Williams: The Franciscans; 10: T. H. Irwin: Later Christian Ethics; 11: T. H. Irwin: Nature, Law, and Natural Law; 12: Aaron Garrett: Seventeenth Century Moral Philosophy: Self-Help, Self-Knowledge, and the Devil's Mountain; 13: Christopher Bertram: Rousseau and Ethics; 14: Robert Shaver: Utilitarianism: Bentham and Rashdall; 15: Maria Rosa Antognazza: Rationalism; 16: Philip Stratton-Lake: Rational Intuitionism; 17: Julia Driver: Moral Sense and Sentimentalism; 18: David McNaughton: Butler's Ethics; 19: Annette Baier: Hume's Place in the History of Ethics; 20: James Otteson: Adam Smith; 21: Andrews Reath: Kant's Moral Philosophy; 22: Otfried Hffe: Kantian Ethics; 23: Raymond Geuss: Post-Kantianism; 24: Terry Pinkard: Hegel and Marx; 25: Henry R. West: J. S. Mill; 26: Bart Schultz: Sidgwick; 27: W. J. Mander: British Idealist Ethics; 28: John Deigh: Ethics in the Analytic Tradition; 29: Derk Pereboom: Free Will; 30: Susan Sauv Meyer and Adrienne M. Martin: Emotion and the Emotions; 31: Richard Kraut: Happiness, Suffering, and Death; 32: John Christman: Autonomy; 33: Brad Hooker: Egoism, Partiality, and Impartiality; 34: John Cottingham: Conscience, Guilt, and Shame; 35: Nancy Sherman: Moral Psychology and Virtue; 36: John Tasioulas: Justice, Equality, and Rights; 37: Miranda Fricker: Styles of Moral Relativism: A Critical Family Tree; 38: Daniel Star: Moral Metaphysics; 39: Dale Jamieson: Constructing Practical Ethics; Index.

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ISBN: 0199545979

ISBN-13: 9780199545971

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year: (2013)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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