Western Ethics: An Historical Introduction
An Historical Introduction
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This volume provides a wide–ranging and lucid introducing to the major ethical theories found in the history of Western philosophy.
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<p>Acknowledgments x</p>
<p>1. Socrates and the Sophists: an Invitation to Ethics 1</p>
<p>2. Plato 34</p>
<p>3. Aristotle 63<br /><br />4. Hellenistic Ethics: Epicurus and the Stoics 93</p>
<p>5. Ethics During the Medieval Period 122</p>
<p>6. Hobbes 157</p>
<p>7. Spinoza 184</p>
<p>8. Butler 211</p>
<p>9. Hume 231</p>
<p>10. Kant 261</p>
<p>11. Hegel 295</p>
<p>12. Bentham and Mills 318</p>
<p>13. Nietzsche 361</p>
<p>Epilogue: Into the Twentieth Century 378</p>
<p>Recommended Readings 388</p>
<p>Notes 393</p>
<p>Index 414</p>