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Real Ethics: Reconsidering the Foundations of Morality

By John M. Rist

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9780521809214, 0521809215, 0521006082
Open Library ID
OL7712814M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1717468 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
305\305
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

John Rist surveys the history of ethics from Plato to the present and offers a vigorous defence of an ethical theory based on a revised version of Platonic realism. In a wide-ranging discussion he examines well-known alternatives to Platonism, in particular--Epicurus, Hobbes, Hume and Kant, as well as contemporary "practical reasoners". His accessible study is enhanced by a strong sense of philosophical history, and will be of interest to students and scholars of ethics.

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