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A guide to ethics and moral philosophy / Brent Adkins

Author
Adkins, Brent, 1969-
Published
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 172 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Introduction: Three Questions -- PART I ETHICS HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? -- 1 Aristotle: Happiness is the Good -- 2 Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness -- 3 Spinoza: The Universe and Power -- 4 Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom -- PART II MORALITY HOW SHOULD WE ACT? -- 5 Kant: Happiness is not the Good -- 6 Kant: The Categorical Imperative -- 7 Mill: Happiness is Pleasure -- 8 Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number -- PART III BEYOND HOW MIGHT WE LIVE? -- 9 Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions -- 10 Nietzsche: Morality and Power -- 11 Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation -- 12 Levinas: Ethics and the Other -- Conclusion: Beyond Beyond -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary
How should we live? How should we act? How might we live? These are the three questions of moral philosophy. Brent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, and Levinas. The book is divided into 3 sections: Ethics, Morality and Beyond. Two thinkers are paired in each section to show you how the important questions of moral philosophy have been answered so that you might better answer them for yourself. You'll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why--
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9781474422796 (electronic bk.)
1474422799 (electronic bk.)
1474422802
9781474422802
9781474422789
1474422780
9781474422772
1474422772
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168) and index.
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