Great traditions in ethics
By: [edited by] Theodore C. Denise, Nicholas P. White, Sheldon P. Peterfreund.
Contributors: Denise, Theodore Cullom, 1919-; White, Nicholas P., 1942-; Peterfreund, Sheldon Paul, 1917-
Edition: 12th ed.
Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780495094982
Subjects: Ethics -- History.; Ethics.
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.