A Brief History of Ethics

Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is designed for undergraduate students in the United States and the United Kingdom, providing a historical background and perspective on the history of ethics. It combines accessibility with scholarly rigor. The author maintains a stance of historicism and universalism, concisely explaining the ethical thoughts of Homer, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Luther, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and modern Western ethical thought. This book holds special value for the study of contemporary philosophers' ideas, but more importantly, it is a rare and excellent history of ethical thought—or indeed, philosophical thought. It is a book filled with philosophical wisdom. Not only does it provide philosophical knowledge, but it also sharpens your thinking.