Publication

2017 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

190,500 words, Guess

Page Count

762 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107033054
  • ISBN-101107033055
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017012392
  • OCLC Control Number964379091
  • Better World Books9781107033054
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBJ71.C36 2017
  • LCCBJ71 .C36 2017

Description

With fifty-four chapters charting the development of moral philosophy in the Western world, this volume examines the key thinkers and texts and their influence on the history of moral thought from the pre-Socratics to the present day. Topics including Epicureanism, humanism, Jewish and Arabic thought, perfectionism, pragmatism, idealism and intuitionism are all explored, as are figures including Aristotle, Boethius, Spinoza, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Mill, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and Rawls, as well as numerous key ideas and schools of thought. Chapters are written by leading experts in the field, drawing on the latest research to offer rigorous analysis of the canonical figures and movements of this branch of philosophy. The volume provides a comprehensive yet philosophically advanced resource for students and teachers alike as they approach, and refine their understanding of, the central issues in moral thought.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Cambridge History of Moral PhilosophyCambridge University Press2017-01-01

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