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A short history of ethics : a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric age to the twentieth century / Alasdair MacIntyre.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London; New York : Routledge Classics, 2007, c2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 273 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780415287494 (pbk.)
  • 0415287499 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 170 MAC
Contents:
The philosophical point of the history of ethics -- The prephilosophical history of good and the transition to philosophy -- The Sophists and Socrates -- Plato: the Gorgias -- Plato: the Republic -- Postscript to Plato -- Aristotle\'s Ethics -- Postscript to Greek ethics -- Christianity -- Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza -- New values -- The British eighteenth-century argument -- The French eighteenth-century argument -- Kant -- Hegel and Marx -- Kierkegaard to Nietzsche -- Reformers, Utilitarians, Idealists -- Modern moral philosophy.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 170 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100410688

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre emphasises the importance of a historical context to moral concepts and ideas showing the relevance of philosophical queries on moral concepts and the importance of a historical account of ethics.
A Short History of Ethics is an important contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. Ideal for all philosophy students interested in ethics and morality.

Reprinted.

First published: London : Routledge Classics, 2002. - Previous ed.: London, Routledge, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The philosophical point of the history of ethics -- The prephilosophical history of good and the transition to philosophy -- The Sophists and Socrates -- Plato: the Gorgias -- Plato: the Republic -- Postscript to Plato -- Aristotle\'s Ethics -- Postscript to Greek ethics -- Christianity -- Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza -- New values -- The British eighteenth-century argument -- The French eighteenth-century argument -- Kant -- Hegel and Marx -- Kierkegaard to Nietzsche -- Reformers, Utilitarians, Idealists -- Modern moral philosophy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. vii)
  • Preface to the First Edition (p. xxi)
  • Chapter 1 The Philosophical Point of the History of Ethics (p. 1)
  • Chapter 2 The Prephilosophical History of "Good" and the Transition to Philosophy (p. 5)
  • Chapter 3 The Sophists and Socrates (p. 14)
  • Chapter 4 Plato: The Gorgias (p. 26)
  • Chapter 5 Plato: The Republic (p. 33)
  • Chapter 6 Postscript to Plato (p. 51)
  • Chapter 7 Aristotle's Ethics (p. 57)
  • Chapter 8 Postscript to Greek Ethics (p. 84)
  • Chapter 9 Christianity (p. 110)
  • Chapter 10 Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza (p. 121)
  • Chapter 11 New Values (p. 146)
  • Chapter 12 The British Eighteenth-Century Argument (p. 157)
  • Chapter 13 The French Eighteenth-Century Argument (p. 178)
  • Chapter 14 Kant (p. 190)
  • Chapter 15 Hegel and Marx (p. 199)
  • Chapter 16 Kierkegaard to Nietzsche (p. 215)
  • Chapter 17 Reformers, Utilitarians, Idealists (p. 227)
  • Chapter 18 Modern Moral Philosophy (p. 249)
  • Notes (p. 271)
  • Index (p. 273)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Although he is most widely known for his book "After Virtue" (1981), with its critique of reason and ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre writes in other areas of philosophy as well, including philosophical psychology, political theory, and philosophy of religion.

Born in Scotland, he was educated at Manchester, London, and Oxford universities. In 1969, he went to the United States where he has taught at Brandeis, Boston, and Vanderbilt universities. Since 1988, when he also delivered the Gifford lectures, MacIntyre has taught at the University of Notre Dame.

"After Virtue" is one of the most widely discussed of all recent books on moral philosophy. It is the culmination of MacIntyre's deep engagement with the history of ethics. In it he argues that modern ethical theory, as it has developed since the seventeenth century, has been exposed by Friedrich Nietzsche as conceptually bankrupt. To find an alternative, he looks to ancient Greece and especially to Aristotle's concept of virtue. Although his critics consider this alternative to be something of an impossible dream, MacIntyre argues that it is central to a recovery of ethics.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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