A Short History Of Ethics

Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268161283
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Ethics written by Alasdair MacIntyre and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair MacIntyre has included a new preface in which he examines his book “thirty years on” and considers its impact. It remains an important work, ideal for all students interested in ethics and morality.

Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134688288
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Ethics written by Alasdair MacIntyre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre emphasises the importance of a historical context to moral concepts and ideas showing the relevance of philosophical queries on moral concepts and the importance of a historical account of ethics. A Short History of Ethics is an important contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. Ideal for all philosophy students interested in ethics and morality.

Author : Albert R. Jonsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195134559
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Medical Ethics written by Albert R. Jonsen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A physician says, "I have an ethical obligation never to cause the death of a patient," another responds, "My ethical obligation is to relieve pain even if the patient dies." The current argument over the role of physicians in assisting patients to die constantly refers to the ethical duties of the profession. References to the Hippocratic Oath are often heard. Many modern problems, from assisted suicide to accessible health care, raise questions about the traditional ethics of medicine and the medical profession. However, few know what the traditional ethics are and how they came into being. This book provides a brief tour of the complex story of medical ethics evolved over centuries in both Western and Eastern culture. It sets this story in the social and cultural contexts in which the work of healing was practiced and suggests that, behind the many different perceptions about the ethical duties of physicians, certain themes appear constantly, and may be relevant to modern debates. The book begins with the Hippocratic medicine of ancient Greece, moves through the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment in Europe, and the long history of Indian 7nd Chinese medicine, ending as the problems raised modern medical science and technology challenge the settled ethics of the long tradition.

Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113468827X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Ethics written by Alasdair MacIntyre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre emphasises the importance of a historical context to moral concepts and ideas showing the relevance of philosophical queries on moral concepts and the importance of a historical account of ethics. A Short History of Ethics is an important contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. Ideal for all philosophy students interested in ethics and morality.

Author : Reginald Arthur Percy Rogers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Ethics, Greek and Modern written by Reginald Arthur Percy Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan L. Mittleman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 140518941X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Jewish Ethics written by Alan L. Mittleman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day. Offers an engaging and thoughtful account of Jewish ethics Brings together and discusses a broad range of historical sources covering two millennia of writings and conversations Combines current scholarship with original insights Written by a major internationally recognized scholar of Jewish philosophy and ethics

Author : John Charvet
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501733710
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Idea of an Ethical Community written by John Charvet and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Charvet presents an original philosophical theory that transcends the liberal-communitarian debate and justifies universally valid principles of prudential and moral reason. The Idea of an Ethical Community rejects contemporary positions—the liberal theorist's politically neutral stance toward alternative conceptions of good on the one hand, and the communitarian's moral relativism on the other. Charvet espouses what he calls an "antirealist" view of shared norms and maintains that although reason cannot be unconditionally authoritative, there can be conditionally definitive rational principles. His book advances a view of the ethical community consistent both with the contractarian idea of John Rawls's early work A Theory of Justice and a due emphasis on communitarian values. But he grounds this view of the ethical community in a theory of the autonomous person and a theory of value.

Author : J. E. Alvey
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857938126
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Ethics and Economics written by J. E. Alvey and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is an important and timely work that addresses the moral crisis of contemporary economics. Alvey not only provides an excellent narrative of classical Greek economics, but his arguments are aimed at restoring the central role that ethics played in the long tradition of economic thought. This is an invaluable scholarly resource for academics and students of political economy as well as the history of political thought.' Benjamin Wong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Arising from a disenchantment with mainstream economics a dissatisfaction that is widespread today A Short History of Economics and Ethics sketches the emergence and decline of the ethical tradition of economics and the crisis of modern economics. In doing so, James Alvey focuses on four of the leading ancient Greek thinkers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato and Aristotle. The author uses insights from Amartya Sen's Capabilities approach as well as other sources to retrieve the ethical tradition of economics. Five aspects of this tradition which seem to lie outside of mainstream economics are identified: an ethical methodology; some notion of a just price; an understanding that ethical motivations are relevant to human action; a rich understanding of human well-being; and some notion of distributive justice related to human well-being. Creating a forum for further debate and research opportunity, this book will appeal to students, scholars and historians of economic thought, as well as to all those interested in the intersection of ethics with economics.

Author : Roger Crisp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199545979
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics written by Roger Crisp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original and comprehensive volume explores the history of philosophical ethics in the western tradition from Homer until the present day. Leading experts in the field use their expertise and specialist knowledge to illuminate key subjects and ideas in contemporary ethics, and survey the history of the discipline.

Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher : Scribner Paper Fiction
ISBN 13 : 9780020872603
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Ethics written by Alasdair MacIntyre and published by Scribner Paper Fiction. This book was released on 1966 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: