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Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Plato

    • Arthur Adkins
    Pages 1-31
  3. Aristotle

    • Alfonso Gomez-Lobo
    Pages 32-59
  4. St Augustine

    • Thomas Losoncy
    Pages 60-97
  5. Aquinas

    • Vernon J. Bourke
    Pages 98-124
  6. Hobbes

    • Larry May
    Pages 125-154
  7. Hume

    • David Fate Norton
    Pages 155-200
  8. Kant

    • Christine Korsgaard
    Pages 201-243
  9. Mill

    • John Lachs
    Pages 244-270
  10. Nietzsche

    • Richard Schacht
    Pages 271-305
  11. Dewey

    • James Gouinlock
    Pages 306-334
  12. Sartre

    • Hazel E. Barnes
    Pages 335-365
  13. Moore to Stevenson

    • Stephen Darwall
    Pages 366-398
  14. Toulmin to Rawls

    • James P. Sterba
    Pages 399-421
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 422-434

About this book

'...this magnificent collection of presentations of the thought of the giants of Western ethics deserves to become a basic reference work in the field.' Ralph McInerny, The University of Notre Dame

Editors and Affiliations

  • Project Theoria: Interactive Video Media for Moral Reasoning, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

    Robert J. Cavalier

  • Emory University, Atlanta, USA

    James Gouinlock

  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

    James P. Sterba

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethics in the History of Western Philosophy

  • Editors: Robert J. Cavalier, James Gouinlock, James P. Sterba

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20203-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45243-1Due: 18 September 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-45244-8Published: 18 September 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20203-4Published: 18 September 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 434

  • Topics: History of Philosophy, Ethics

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