A History of Western Ethics

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Charlotte B. Becker
Routledge, Mar 1, 2004 - Philosophy - 224 pages
This newly revised and updated edition of A History of Western Ethics is a coherent and accessible overview of the most important figures and influential ideas of the history of ethics in the Western philosophical tradition.
 

Contents

Hellenistic Ethics
19
Early Medieval Ethics
43
Renaissance Ethics
61
Seventeenth and EighteenthCentury Ethics
79
NineteenthCentury British Ethics
95
NineteenthCentury Continental Ethics
115
TwentiethCentury AngloAmerican Ethics
139
Glossary
153
Selected Bibliography
173
About the Contributors
199
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Lawrence C. Becker is a Fellow of Hollins University and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, College of William and Mary. He is co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Ethics (1992; 2001) with Charlotte B. Becker.

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