History of Western Ethical Thought (21st Century Philosophy Series Textbooks)

Author: Song Xiren
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Publish Date: 2004-01-19
Features: This book is a newly compiled history of Western ethical thought following the actual development of ethical ideas. It systematically introduces and elaborates on the ethical thought of ancient Greece and Rome, medieval ethics, Renaissance ethics, as well as the ethical thought of modern Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. The book's features include: elaborating on the fundamental concepts, categories, principles, methods, and the emergence and evolution of basic ethical issues in Western ethics from an ideological perspective; and, based on in-depth research into representative figures, schools, and works of ethical thought, it outlines the basic course of the emergence and development of ethical thought, clarifying the characteristics, content, and diverse forms of the theoretical system of Western ethics.