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A guide to ethics and moral philosophy /
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...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.