20th Century Western Ethics Classics (IV): Ethics Frontier: Morality and Society (Essential)

Author: Wan Junren
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The 20th Century Western Ethics Classics consists of four volumes, each themed around "Logic Foundations: Principles and Ethics," "Ethics Themes: Values and Life," "Ethics Limits: Morality and Religion," and "Logic Preliminaries: Morality and Society." It selects classic texts by renowned 20th-century Western logicians on these themes. The selection and curation of the texts were aided and guided by some prominent logicians from Europe, America, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The book comprehensively presents the developmental trajectory, intellectual landscape, and cutting-edge frontiers of 20th-century Western ethics, offering readers a relatively complete, accurate, and clear map of knowledge and theoretical threads to understand the intellectual state of Western ethics during this extraordinary period. This book is the fourth volume of The 20th Century Western Ethics Classics, focusing on selecting the latest texts from prominent Western logical schools from the late 20th century to the early 21st century. These include the new liberal ethical school represented by Rawls, the communitarian logical school represented by MacIntyre, Habermas's discourse ethics, and the postmodern logical school of figures like Bauman. The texts clearly and comprehensively showcase the contemporary transformation and theoretical frontiers of Western ethics, with fresh and rich arguments that address the era's key themes in logic today.