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A short history of ethics, a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric Age to the twentieth century, Alasdair MacIntyre

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A short history of ethics, a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric Age to the twentieth century, Alasdair MacIntyre

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A short history of ethics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Alasdair MacIntyre

Review

"In this classic work, Alasdair MacIntyre guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. He emphasizes the importance of a historical context to moral concepts and ideas. MacIntyre illustrates the relevance of philosophical queries on moral concepts enabling the reader to understand the importance of a historical account of ethics."--BOOK JACKET

Sub title

a history of moral philosophy from the Homeric Age to the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

The philosophical point of the history of ethics -- The prephilosophical history of "good" and the transition to philosophy -- The Sophists and Socrates -- Plato: the Gorgias -- Plato: the Republic -- Postscript to Plato -- Aristotle's Ethics -- Postscript to Greek ethics -- Christianity -- Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Spinoza -- New values -- The British eighteenth-century argument -- The French eighteenth-century argument -- Kant -- Hegel and Marx -- Kierkegaard to Nietzsche -- Reformers, Utilitarians, Idealists -- Modern moral philosophy

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Ethics

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