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Great Traditions in Ethics » (12nd Edition)
Authors: Theodore C. Denise, Nicholas White, Sheldon P. Peterfreund
ISBN-13: 9780495094982, ISBN-10: 0495094986
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: March 2007
Edition: 12nd Edition
Author Biography: Theodore C. Denise
Theodore C. Denise received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and taught at Syracuse University
Nicholas White obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University and currently serves as chair of the philosophy department at the University of California, Irvine. He specializes in Greek philosophy, epistemology, and ethics, having written several books and articles on each of these topics.
Sheldon P. Peterfreund taught at Syracuse University for over 40 years, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Book Synopsis
A reader for an introductory course surveying the conventional schools of ethics. It does not aspire to completeness either in breadth or depth. The tenth edition adds chapters on ethical skepticism and nature and reason, and an epilogue on applied ethics. There is no index.
Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Preface | 1 | |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Knowledge and Virtue | 8 |
| Selections from the Gorgias and the Republic, Books i-ii, iv, vi-vii, and ix | ||
| 3 | Moral Character | 28 |
| Selections from the Nicomachean Ethics, Books i-ii, vi, and x | ||
| 4 | The Pleasant Life | 47 |
| Selections from the letters To Herodotus and To Menoeceus, the Principal Doctrines, and the Fragments | ||
| 5 | Self-Discipline | 65 |
| Selections from The Discourses, Books i-iv, the Enchiridion, and the Fragments | ||
| 6 | The Love of God | 83 |
| Selections from the Enchiridion, Chapters xi-xii, xcvi, and c-ci, and The City of God, Books v, xii, xiv, and xix-xxii | ||
| 7 | Morality and Natural Law | 105 |
| Selections from the Summa Contra Gentiles, Book iii, and the Summa Theologica, Articles i-iii and v-viii | ||
| 8 | Social Contract Ethics | 125 |
| Selections from the Leviathan, Chapters vi, xiii-xv, and xxix-xxx, and Philosophical Rudiments, Chapter i | ||
| 9 | Conscience in Morality | 146 |
| Selections from Sermons i-iii and xi, and the Preface | ||
| 10 | Morality and Sentiment | 163 |
| Selections from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals | ||
| 11 | Duty and Reason | 179 |
| Selections from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, First and Second Sections | ||
| 12 | The Greatest Happiness Principle | 199 |
| Selections from Utilitarianism, Chapters ii-iii | ||
| 13 | The Leap of Faith | 219 |
| Selections from Either/Or, Fear and Trembling, and Concluding Unscientific Postscript | ||
| 14 | Morality as Ideology | 239 |
| Selections from Karl Marx: Selected Writings | ||
| 15 | Utilitarianism Revised | 260 |
| Selections from The Methods of Ethics | ||
| 16 | The Transvaluation of Values | 275 |
| Selections from The Will to Power, The Geneology of Morals (First Essay), and Beyond Good and Evil | ||
| 17 | Scientific Method in Ethics | 296 |
| Selections from The Quest for Certainty, Chapter x | ||
| 18 | The Indefinability of Good | 315 |
| Selections from Principia Ethica | ||
| 19 | Prima Facie Duty | 331 |
| Selections from The Right and the Good | ||
| 20 | Ethics as Emotive Expression | 345 |
| Selections from Ayer's Language, Truth and Logic, Chapter vi, and Stevenson's "The Nature of Ethical Disagreement" | ||
| 21 | Radical Freedom | 366 |
| Selections from Existentialism and Human Emotions | ||
| 22 | Good Reasons in Ethics | 380 |
| Selections from The Moral Point of View | ||
| 23 | Ethics and Social Justice | 398 |
| Selections from "Justice as Reciprocity" | ||
| 24 | Moral Virtue and Human Interest | 416 |
| Selections from Virtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy | ||
| 25 | Ethics as Trusting in Trust | 432 |
| Selections from "Trust and Antitrust" |
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