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Ethics: The Key Thinkers introduces the individuals who have wrestled with core moral questions and shaped how we understand ethics today, from what constitutes a good life to arguments about what is right and wrong.
Chapters are organised chronologically and cover figures from a wide range of traditions in ancient, modern and contemporary philosophy, explaining exactly how a particular individual has changed the development of ethical theory as a whole. Alongside chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Marx and Nietzsche, this fully updated 2nd edition now provides:
· A global approach to the history of ethics, featuring new chapters on Confucian, Buddhist and African thinkers
· Further reading guides to the latest writing on each thinker
· A conclusion that looks ahead to new directions in contemporary ethical theory
For anyone looking to better understand the ideas, people and debates behind one of philosophy's most important subjects, Ethics: The Key Thinkers is the ideal starting point.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction, Tom Angier (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
1. Plato, Tom Angier (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
2. Aristotle, Timothy Chappell (The Open University, UK)
3. The Stoics, Jacob Klein (Colgate University, USA)
4. Aquinas, Vivian Boland O.P. (University of Oxford, UK)
5. Hume, Peter Millican (University of Oxford, UK)
6. Kant, Ralph Walker (University of Oxford, UK)
7. Hegel, Kenneth Westphal (Bogazici University, Turkey)
8. Marx, Sean Sayers (University of Kent, UK)
9. Mill, Krister Bykvist (Stockholm University, Sweden)
10. Nietzsche, Ken Gemes (Birkbeck College and New College of the Humanities, UK) and Christoph Schuringa (New College of the Humanities, UK)
11. MacIntyre, David Solomon (University of Notre Dame, USA)
12. Chinese Ethics, Alba Cercas Curry (University of California at Riverside, USA)
13. Indian Ethics, Christopher Bartley (University of Liverpool, UK)
14. African Ethics, Thaddeus Metz (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Index
Product details
| Published | 20 Oct 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781350107816 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Key Thinkers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
