Great traditions in ethics
By: [edited by] Theodore C. Denise, Nicholas P. White, Sheldon P. Peterfreund
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780534626549; 9780534274948
Subjects: Ethics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Classical ethical traditions.; title: Knowledge / Plato.; title: Moral character / Aristotle.; title: The pleasant life / Epicurus.; title: Self-discipline / Epictetus.; title: The love of God / Saint Augustine.; title: Morality and natural law / Saint Thomas Aquinas.; title: Social contract ethics / Thomas Hobbes.; title: Nature and reason / Benedict de Spinoza.; title: Conscience in morality / Joseph Butler.; title: Morality and sentiment / David Hume.; title: Duty and reason / Immanuel Kant.; title: The greatest happiness principle / John Stuart Mill.; title: Pt. 2.  Modern continuations and critiques.; title: The leap of faith / Søren Kierkegaard.; title: Morality as ideology / Karl Marx.; title: Utilitarianism revised / Henry Sidgwick.; title: The transvaluation of values / Friedrich Nietzsche.; title: Scientific method in ethics / John Dewey.; title: The indefinability of good / G.E. Moore.; title: Prima facie duty / W.D. Ross.; title: Ethics as emotive expression / A.J. Ayer and C.L. Stevenson.; title: Radical freedom / Jean-Paul Sartre.; title: Good reasons in ethics / Kurt Baier.; title: The concept of morality / William K. Frankena.; title: Ethics and social justice / John Rawls.; title: Moral virtue and human interest / Philippa Foot.; title: Ethics as trusting in trust / Annette Baier.; title: Inventing right and wrong / J.L. Mackie.; title: Ethical skepticism / Bernard Williams.; title: Epilogue: Applied ethics.