EthicsStephen Everson This fourth Companion to Ancient Thought is devoted to ancient ethics. The chapters range over the ethical theories of all the major philosophers and schools from the earliest times to the work of the Hellenistic philosophers. There is a substantial introduction which considers the question of what is distinctive about ancient ethics, and an extensive bibliography. This collection provides a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the moral theories of the ancient world. |
Contents
Introduction virtue and morality | 1 |
PrePlatonic ethics | 27 |
Platonic ethics | 49 |
Aristotle on nature and value | 77 |
Some issues in Aristotles moral psychology | 107 |
The inferential foundations of Epicurean ethics | 129 |
Socratic paradox and Stoic theory | 151 |
Doing without objective values ancient and modern strategies | 193 |
Moral responsibility Aristotle and after | 221 |
Bibliography | 241 |
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