This book takes a middle ground between the topical and historical approaches to Western ethics. The chapters are topically arranged, but preserve the flow of history in two ways. First, each chapter explains the historical development of the topic under consideration. Second, most chapters focus on a specific famous philosopher who championed a particular tradition, such as Aristotle, Locke, or Kant, and the chapters are chronologically ordered based on when these key philosophers lived.
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-0-7674-1298-8 (9780767412988)
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James Fieser is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He received his B.A. from Berea College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University. He is author, co-author or editor of ten textbooks, including Philosophy: A Historical Survey with Essential Readings (9/e 2014), Scriptures of the World's Religions (5/e 2014), Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong (7/e 2012), Business Ethics and the Bottom Line (2012), A Historical Introduction to Philosophy (2003), and Moral Philosophy through the Ages (2001). He has edited and annotated the ten-volume Early Responses to Hume (2/e 2005) and the five-volume Scottish Common Sense Philosophy (2000). He is founder and general editor of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy web site (www.iep.utm.edu). His personal website can be accessed at www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser.
Preface 1. Cultural Relativism 2. Plato's Moral Objectivism 3. Virtue Theory 4. Natural Law Theory 5. Morality and the Will of God 6. Social Contract Theory 7. Duty Theory 8. Natural and Human Rights 9. Moral Reason Versus Moral Feeling 10. Kant's Categorical Imperative 11. Utilitarianism 12. Evolutionary Ethics 13. Emotivism and Prescriptivism 14. Best Reasons Morality and the Problem of Abortion 15. The Interrelation Between Different Ethical Theories Glossary Index