Virtue Ethics
Subtitle: An Introduction (Prometheus Lecture Series)
Contributors: John Donnelly (Foreword)
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781573929431
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Virtue; Ethics, Ancient; Philosophy; Ethics; History
First sentence: A student of philosophy eventually notices something quite astonishing: The ancients, in spite of the fact that their contributions to moral philosophy are perhaps their most enduring philosophical achievements, seem to have given almost no thought to ethics as we understand the term.