Great Traditions In Ethics
ISBN: 9780495094982 | 0495094986
Edition: 12thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 3/15/2007
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New to ethical theory? No problem. GREAT TRADITIONS IN ETHICS?the standard historical anthology for introducing ethical theory?makes it easy to explore the many primary sources that contribute to the canon of ethical theory. Chapter introductions provide biographical, historical, and theoretical contexts, and classic reading selections are supplemented by comments that will help you understand the works. This anthology will challenge you to critically engage the most crucial ideas, thinkers, and readings in the history of ethical theory.
| Preface | |
| Classic Ethical Traditions | |
| Introduction | |
| Plato: Knowledge and Virtue | |
| From "The Gorgias and the Repulbic,"Books I-II, IV, VI-VII, and IX | |
| Aristotle: Moral Character | |
| From "Nichomachean Ethics," Books I-II, VI, and X | |
| Epicurus: The Pleasant Life | |
| From the letters "To Herodotus" and "To Menoceus," the "Principal Doctrines," a... MORE | |
| Epictetus: Self-Discipline | |
| From the "Discourses," Books I-IV, the "Enchiridion," and the "Fragments." | |
| Saint Augustine: The Love of | |
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