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Ethics Stephen Everson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Ethics By Stephen Everson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Summary

This collection of essays, the fourth Companion to Ancient Thought, provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. It covers the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the Hellenistic philosophers. A substantial introduction considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics.

Ethics Summary

Ethics by Stephen Everson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

This fourth Companion to Ancient Thought is devoted to ancient ethics. The chapters range over the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the work of the Hellenistic philosophers. There is a substantial introduction which considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics, and an extensive bibliography. This collection provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world.

Ethics Reviews

...this rich collection contains important essays, each by a scholar whose previous translation or commentary is well known for the topic on which he or she is writing. Laurence D. Houlgate, Ethics
This is an excellent collection of essays by eight accomplished philosophical scholars. No previous collection on ancient ethics matches both the quality of the essays and the range of figures covered. This collection is a worthy companion to serious study of ancient ethical thought. Ancient Philosophy

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: virtue and morality; 2. Pre-platonic ethics Charles H. Kahn; 3. Platonic ethics C. C. W. Taylor; 4. Aristotle on nature and value Stephen Everson; 5. Some issues in Aristotle's moral psychology John McDowell; 6. The inferential foundations of Epicurean ethics David Sedley; 7. Socratic paradox and Stoic theory T. H. Irwin; 8. Doing without objective values: ancient and modern strategies Julia Annas; 9. Moral responsibility: Aristotle and after Susan Sauve Meyer.

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NLS9780521388320
9780521388320
0521388325
Ethics by Stephen Everson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
1998-05-04
312
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