John M. Rist: Real Ethics | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780521006088 | Real Ethics | Reconsidering the Foundations of Morality | John M. Rist

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Beschreibung

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', and argues that most post-Enlightenment theories of morality (as well as Nietzschean subversions of such theories) depend on an abandoned Christian metaphysic and are unintelligible without such grounding. He also argues that contemporary choice-based theories, whether they take a strictly ethical or more obviously political form, are ultimately arbitrary in nature. His lively and accessible 2001 study is informed by a powerful sense of philosophical history, and will be of interest to both students and scholars of ethics.

Über den Autor

John Rist is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Classics, University of Toronto. His publications include Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized (1994) and many journal articles.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Moral nihilism: Socrates vs. Thrasymachus; 2. Morals and metaphysics; 3. The soul and the self; 4. Division and its remedies; 5. Rules and applications; 6. The past, present and future of practical reasoning; 7. Autonomy and choice; 8. Ethics and ideology; 9. God and ethics.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521006088
ISBN-10:	0521006082
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Rist, John M.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	John M. Rist
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.03.2012
Gewicht:	0,496 kg