Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy
Rawls\\rquote  philosophical approach has had an impact, not simply through his classic works like \}\{\A Theory of Justice\}\{ (1971) but also through the generations of Harvard students who wrestled with classic works of philosophy with his assistance from 1962 to 1991. This volume draws together the final version of Rawls\\rquote  lecture notes on the history of modern moral philosophy; it offers probing discussions of Hume, Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel and of the four basic types of moral reasoning--perfectionism, utilitarianism, intuitionism, and Kantian constructivism. Readers could hardly find a more enlightening (if sometimes challenging) companion in exploring key historical approaches to life\\rquote s most fundamental moral and philosophical questions.\plain\f0\fs17Mary CarrollCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.