Philosophical ethics consists in the human endeavour to answer rationally the fundamental question of how we should live. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics explores the history of philosophical ethics in the western tradition from Homer until the present day. It provides a broad overview of the views of many of the main thinkers, schools, and periods, and includes in addition essays on topics such as autonomy and impartiality. The authors are international leaders in their field, and use their expertise and specialist knowledge to illuminate the relevance of their work to discussions in contemporary ethics. The essays are specially written for this volume, and in each case introduce the reader to the main lines of interpretation and criticism that have arisen in the professional history of philosophy over the past two or three decades.
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Roger Crisp, St Anne's College, Oxford
Roger Crisp is Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford, and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was trained in classics and philosophy at the University of Oxford, where he has spent all of his academic career except for the academic year 2010-11, when he was Findlay Visiting Professor at Boston University. He is an associate editor of Ethics, and a member of the Analysis Committee. He is currently working on a book on Henry Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First printing. xvi, 897, [5 (blank)] pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 246 x 169mm. Philosophy. Numerous contributors. "Philosophical ethics consists in the human endeavour to answer rationally the fundamental question of how we should live. 'The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics' explores the history of philosophical ethics in the western tradition from Homer until the present day. It provides a broad overview of the views of many of the main thinkers, schools, and periods, and includes in addition essays on topics such as autonomy and impartiality. The authors areinternational leaders in their field, and use their expertise and specialist knowledge to illuminate the relevance of their work to discussions in contemporary ethics." Contents: Preface; List of Contributors; 1: Roger Crisp: Homeric Ethics; 2: Nicholas White: Plato's Ethics; 3: Paula Gottlieb: Aristotle's Ethics; 4: Phillip Mitsis: Epicurus: Freedom, Death, and Hedonism; 5: Christopher Gill: Cynicism and Stoicism; 6: Richard Bett: Ancient Scepticism; 7: Lloyd P. Gerson: Platonic Ethics in Later Antiquity; 8: Colleen McCluskey: Thomism; 9: Thomas Williams: The Franciscans; 10: T. H. Irwin: Later Christian Ethics; 11: T. H. Irwin: Nature, Law, and Natural Law; 12: Aaron Garrett: Seventeenth Century Moral Philosophy: Self-Help, Self-Knowledge, and the Devil's Mountain; 13: Christopher Bertram: Rousseau and Ethics; 14: Robert Shaver: Utilitarianism: Bentham and Rashdall; 15: Maria Rosa Antognazza: Rationalism; 16: Philip Stratton-Lake: Rational Intuitionism; 17: Julia Driver: Moral Sense and Sentimentalism; 18: David McNaughton: Butler's Ethics; 19: Annette Baier: Hume's Place in the History of Ethics; 20: James Otteson: Adam Smith; 21: Andrews Reath: Kant's Moral Philosophy; 22: Otfried Höffe: Kantian Ethics; 23: Raymond Geuss: Post-Kantianism; 24: Terry Pinkard: Hegel and Marx; 25: Henry R. West: J. S. Mill; 26: Bart Schultz: Sidgwick; 27: W. J. Mander: British Idealist Ethics; 28: John Deigh: Ethics in the Analytic Tradition; 29: Derk Pereboom: Free Will; 30: Susan Sauvé Meyer and Adrienne M. Martin: Emotion and the Emotions; 31: Richard Kraut: Happiness, Suffering, and Death; 32: John Christman: Autonomy; 33: Brad Hooker: Egoism, Partiality, and Impartiality; 34: John Cottingham: Conscience, Guilt, and Shame; 35: Nancy Sherman: Moral Psychology and Virtue; 36: John Tasioulas: Justice, Equality, and Rights; 37: Miranda Fricker: Styles of Moral Relativism: A Critical Family Tree; 38: Daniel Star: Moral Metaphysics; 39: Dale Jamieson: Constructing Practical Ethics; Index. Seller Inventory # 25770
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