
Ethics: The Key Thinkers
The Key Thinkers
Tom Angier(Author)
Tom Angier(Editor)
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Publisher)
Published on 27. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-4411-4939-8 (ISBN)
Description
Ethics: The Key Thinkers surveys the history of Western moral philosophy, guiding students through the work and ideas of the field's most important figures, from Plato to MacIntyre. With entries written by leading contemporary scholars, the book covers the following thinkers:
PlatoAristotleThe StoicsThomas AquinasDavid HumeImmanuel KantG.W.F. HegelKarl MarxJ.S. Mill Friedrich NietzscheAlasdair MacIntyre
The book explores the contribution of each thinker in turn, narrating how they have changed the shape of ethical theory as a whole. The book also includes guides to the latest reading on each thinker.
PlatoAristotleThe StoicsThomas AquinasDavid HumeImmanuel KantG.W.F. HegelKarl MarxJ.S. Mill Friedrich NietzscheAlasdair MacIntyre
The book explores the contribution of each thinker in turn, narrating how they have changed the shape of ethical theory as a whole. The book also includes guides to the latest reading on each thinker.
Reviews / Votes
'An outstanding and wide-ranging introduction to many of the key figures in the history of western ethics from Plato until the present day. Highly recommended for anyone with a serious interest in moral philosophy and its development.' -- Professor Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-4939-8 (9781441149398)
DOI
CBID158560
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Ethics: The Key Thinkers
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Tom Angier | Tom Angier
Ethics: The Key Thinkers
E-Book
09/2012
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€36.49
Available for download
Persons
Tom Angier is Lecturer in Philosophy at St Andrews University, UK.
Author
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Editor
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Content
Notes on Contributors \ Acknowledgements
\ Introduction \ 1. Plato Tom Angier
\ 2. Aristotle Timothy Chappell \ 3. The
Stoics Jacob Klein \ 4. Aquinas Vivian Boland O.P. \ 5. Hume Peter Millican \ 6. Kant Ralph Walker \ 7. Hegel Kenneth Westphal \ 8. Marx Sean Sayers \ 9. Mill Krister Bykvist \ 10. Nietzsche Ken Gemes and Christoph Schuringa \ 11. MacIntyre David Solomon \ Index
\ Introduction \ 1. Plato Tom Angier
\ 2. Aristotle Timothy Chappell \ 3. The
Stoics Jacob Klein \ 4. Aquinas Vivian Boland O.P. \ 5. Hume Peter Millican \ 6. Kant Ralph Walker \ 7. Hegel Kenneth Westphal \ 8. Marx Sean Sayers \ 9. Mill Krister Bykvist \ 10. Nietzsche Ken Gemes and Christoph Schuringa \ 11. MacIntyre David Solomon \ Index