A Short History of Ethics

Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268161283
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair MacIntyre has included a new preface in which he examines his book “thirty years on” and considers its impact. It remains an important work, ideal for all students interested in ethics and morality.

A Short History of Ethics

Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134688288
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
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.

A Short History of Ethics

Author: Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415173981
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Widely acknowledged to be the perfect introduction to the subject, this important text presents in concise form an insightful yet exceptionally complete history of moral philosophy in the West, from the Greeks to contemporary times.

A Short History of Ethics

Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113468827X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 253

A Short History of Medical Ethics

Author: Albert R. Jonsen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195134559
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
A physician says, "I have an ethical obligation never to cause the death of a patient," another responds, "My ethical obligation is to relieve pain even if the patient dies." The current argument over the role of physicians in assisting patients to die constantly refers to the ethical duties of the profession. References to the Hippocratic Oath are often heard. Many modern problems, from assisted suicide to accessible health care, raise questions about the traditional ethics of medicine and the medical profession. However, few know what the traditional ethics are and how they came into being. This book provides a brief tour of the complex story of medical ethics evolved over centuries in both Western and Eastern culture. It sets this story in the social and cultural contexts in which the work of healing was practiced and suggests that, behind the many different perceptions about the ethical duties of physicians, certain themes appear constantly, and may be relevant to modern debates. The book begins with the Hippocratic medicine of ancient Greece, moves through the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment in Europe, and the long history of Indian 7nd Chinese medicine, ending as the problems raised modern medical science and technology challenge the settled ethics of the long tradition.

A Short History of Jewish Ethics

Author: Alan L. Mittleman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 140518941X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day. Offers an engaging and thoughtful account of Jewish ethics Brings together and discusses a broad range of historical sources covering two millennia of writings and conversations Combines current scholarship with original insights Written by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics

A Short History of Ethics, Greek and Modern

Author: Reginald Arthur Percy Rogers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description

A Short History of Ethics and Economics

Author: J. E. Alvey
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 0857938126
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
'This is an important and timely work that addresses the moral crisis of contemporary economics. Alvey not only provides an excellent narrative of classical Greek economics, but his arguments are aimed at restoring the central role that ethics played in the long tradition of economic thought. This is an invaluable scholarly resource for academics and students of political economy as well as the history of political thought.' Benjamin Wong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Arising from a disenchantment with mainstream economics a dissatisfaction that is widespread today A Short History of Economics and Ethics sketches the emergence and decline of the ethical tradition of economics and the crisis of modern economics. In doing so, James Alvey focuses on four of the leading ancient Greek thinkers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato and Aristotle. The author uses insights from Amartya Sen's Capabilities approach as well as other sources to retrieve the ethical tradition of economics. Five aspects of this tradition which seem to lie outside of mainstream economics are identified: an ethical methodology; some notion of a just price; an understanding that ethical motivations are relevant to human action; a rich understanding of human well-being; and some notion of distributive justice related to human well-being. Creating a forum for further debate and research opportunity, this book will appeal to students, scholars and historians of economic thought, as well as to all those interested in the intersection of ethics with economics.

The Idea of an Ethical Community

Author: John Charvet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
The Idea of an Ethical Community rejects contemporary positions - the liberal theorist's politically neutral stance toward alternative conceptions of good, on the one hand, and the communitarian's moral relativism, on the other. Charvet espouses what he calls an "antirealist" view of shared norms and maintains that although reason cannot be unconditionally authoritative, there can be conditionally definitive rational principles.

Essays on the History of Moral Philosophy

Author: J. B. Schneewind
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199563012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
J.B. Schneewind presents a selection of his published essays on ethics, the history of ethics and moral psychology, together with a new piece offering an intellectual autobiography. The essays range across the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on Kant and his relation to earlier thinkers.