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Ethics: the Key Thinkers: 13
Author(s): Tom P. S. Angier (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date: 27 Sept. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441164537
- ISBN-13: 9781441164537
Book Description
Ethics: The Key Thinkers surveys the history of Western moral philosophy, guiding students through the work and ideas of the field’s most important figures, from Plato to MacIntyre. With entries written by leading contemporary scholars, the book covers the following thinkers:
– Plato
– Aristotle
– The Stoics
– Thomas Aquinas
– David Hume
– Immanuel Kant
– G.W.F. Hegel
– Karl Marx
– J.S. Mill
– Friedrich Nietzsche
– Alasdair MacIntyre
The book explores the contribution of each thinker in turn, narrating how they have changed the shape of ethical theory as a whole. The book also includes guides to the latest reading on each thinker.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘An outstanding and wide-ranging introduction to many of the key figures in the history of western ethics from Plato until the present day. Highly recommended for anyone with a serious interest in moral philosophy and its development.’
About the Author
Tom Angier is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
