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Adkins, Brent, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy / Brent Adkins. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2017 1 online resource (184 p.) : 9 B/W illustrations 4 B/W tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction: Three Questions -- PART I ETHICS HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? ARISTOTLE AND SPINOZA -- 1 Aristotle: Happiness is the Good (Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1 and 2) -- 2 Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness (Nicomachean Ethics, Books 2, 6 and 10) -- 3 Spinoza: The Universe and Power (Ethics, Parts 1, 2, and 3) -- 4 Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom (Ethics, Parts 4 and 5) -- PART II MORALITY HOW SHOULD WE ACT? KANT AND MILL -- 5 Kant: Happiness is not the Good (Groundwork, Part 1) -- 6 Kant: The Categorical Imperative (Groundwork, Part 2) -- 7 Mill: Happiness is Pleasure (Utilitarianism, Chapters 1 and 2) -- 8 Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number (Utilitarianism, Chapters 3, 4, and 5) -- PART III BEYOND HOW MIGHT WE LIVE? NIETZSCHE AND LEVINAS -- 9 Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions (Genealogy of Morals, First Essay) -- 10 Nietzsche: Morality and Power (Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay) -- 11 Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation ("Ethics as First Philosophy") -- 12 Levinas: Ethics and the Other ("Ethics as First Philosophy") -- Conclusion: Beyond Beyond -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A student's guide to ethics and moral philosophy in its historical contextDownload a free sample chapter (pdf)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 and Beyond. Two thinkers are paired in each section to show you how the important questions of moral philosophy have been answered so that you might better answer them for yourself. You'll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.Key FeaturesEach chapter includes definitions of key termsThe end of each chapter includes summaries and discussion questions, which reinforce and apply the materialThe discussion of each thinker is centered on a specific text for ease of reference and clarity of understanding: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Spinoza's Ethics, Kant's Groundwork, Mill's Utilitarianism, Nietzsche's Genealogy and Levinas' 'Ethics as First Philosophy'Includes a glossary and a helpful timeline to contextualise each philosopher's life and work" Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Ethics History History. Ethics History. Ethics. Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110781403 print 9781474422772 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474422796 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474422796 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474422796/original |
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Adkins, Brent, Adkins, Brent, A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction: Three Questions -- PART I ETHICS HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? ARISTOTLE AND SPINOZA -- 1 Aristotle: Happiness is the Good (Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1 and 2) -- 2 Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness (Nicomachean Ethics, Books 2, 6 and 10) -- 3 Spinoza: The Universe and Power (Ethics, Parts 1, 2, and 3) -- 4 Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom (Ethics, Parts 4 and 5) -- PART II MORALITY HOW SHOULD WE ACT? KANT AND MILL -- 5 Kant: Happiness is not the Good (Groundwork, Part 1) -- 6 Kant: The Categorical Imperative (Groundwork, Part 2) -- 7 Mill: Happiness is Pleasure (Utilitarianism, Chapters 1 and 2) -- 8 Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number (Utilitarianism, Chapters 3, 4, and 5) -- PART III BEYOND HOW MIGHT WE LIVE? NIETZSCHE AND LEVINAS -- 9 Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions (Genealogy of Morals, First Essay) -- 10 Nietzsche: Morality and Power (Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay) -- 11 Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation ("Ethics as First Philosophy") -- 12 Levinas: Ethics and the Other ("Ethics as First Philosophy") -- Conclusion: Beyond Beyond -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Introduction: Three Questions -- PART I ETHICS HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? ARISTOTLE AND SPINOZA -- 1 Aristotle: Happiness is the Good (Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1 and 2) -- 2 Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness (Nicomachean Ethics, Books 2, 6 and 10) -- 3 Spinoza: The Universe and Power (Ethics, Parts 1, 2, and 3) -- 4 Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom (Ethics, Parts 4 and 5) -- PART II MORALITY HOW SHOULD WE ACT? KANT AND MILL -- 5 Kant: Happiness is not the Good (Groundwork, Part 1) -- 6 Kant: The Categorical Imperative (Groundwork, Part 2) -- 7 Mill: Happiness is Pleasure (Utilitarianism, Chapters 1 and 2) -- 8 Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number (Utilitarianism, Chapters 3, 4, and 5) -- PART III BEYOND HOW MIGHT WE LIVE? NIETZSCHE AND LEVINAS -- 9 Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions (Genealogy of Morals, First Essay) -- 10 Nietzsche: Morality and Power (Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay) -- 11 Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation ("Ethics as First Philosophy") -- 12 Levinas: Ethics and the Other ("Ethics as First Philosophy") -- Conclusion: Beyond Beyond -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index |
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