A Historical Introduction To Ethics - Couverture souple

Moore, Thomas Verner

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ISBN 10 : 1163085081 ISBN 13 : 9781163085080

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

""A Historical Introduction to Ethics"" by Thomas Verner Moore is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of ethical thought throughout history. The book takes a chronological approach, beginning with ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and moving through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment. Moore examines the major ethical theories and concepts that emerged during each period, including virtue ethics, deontology, consequentialism, and existentialism. He also delves into the social and cultural contexts that influenced ethical thinking, such as the rise of Christianity, the development of modern science, and the impact of war and social upheaval.Throughout the book, Moore emphasizes the relevance of historical ethical philosophy to contemporary issues and debates. He discusses the role of ethics in politics, business, and technology, and explores the ethical challenges posed by globalization, climate change, and other pressing issues of our time.Overall, ""A Historical Introduction to Ethics"" offers a comprehensive and engaging overview of the history of ethical thought, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the values and ideas that have shaped human society over the centuries.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1163085081
• ISBN 13: 9781163085080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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