Ethics
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Ethics
（Companions to ancient thought, 4）
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-283) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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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