A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy
How should we live? How should we act? How might we live? These are the three questions of moral philosophy.
Brent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche and Levinas. The book is divided into 3 sections – Ethics, Morality and Beyond. Two thinkers are paired in each section to show you how the important questions of moral philosophy have been answered so that you might better answer them for yourself. You’ll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.

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A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy
How should we live? How should we act? How might we live? These are the three questions of moral philosophy.
Brent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche and Levinas. The book is divided into 3 sections – Ethics, Morality and Beyond. Two thinkers are paired in each section to show you how the important questions of moral philosophy have been answered so that you might better answer them for yourself. You’ll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.

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A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

by Brent Adkins
A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy

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How should we live? How should we act? How might we live? These are the three questions of moral philosophy.
Brent Adkins traces the history of ethics and morality by examining six thinkers: Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche and Levinas. The book is divided into 3 sections – Ethics, Morality and Beyond. Two thinkers are paired in each section to show you how the important questions of moral philosophy have been answered so that you might better answer them for yourself. You’ll learn what the philosophers actually said about how to live the best kind of life and, more importantly, why.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474422772
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 04/19/2017
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College. He is the author of A Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Edinburgh UniversityPress, 2017, Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide (Edinburgh UniversityPress, 2015), Rethinking Philosophy and Theology with Deleuze: A New Cartography (Bloomsbury, 2013), True Freedom: Spinoza’s Practical Philosophy (Lexington Books, 2009) and Death and Desire in Hegel, Heidegger, and Deleuze (Edinburgh UniversityPress, 2007).

Table of Contents

GlossaryTimeline

Introduction: Three Questions

Part I: EthicsHow Should We Live? Aristotle and Spinoza1. Aristotle: Happiness is the Good 2. Aristotle: Virtue and the Highest Happiness 3. Spinoza: The Universe and Power 4. Spinoza: Emotions and Freedom

Part II: MoralityHow Should We Act? Kant and Mill5. Kant: Happiness is not the Good 6. Kant: The Categorical Imperative 7. Mill: Happiness is Pleasure 8. Mill: The Greatest Happiness for the Greatest Number

Part III: BeyondHow Might We Live? Nietzsche and Levinas9. Nietzsche: These are the Wrong Questions 10. Nietzsche: Morality and Power 11. Levinas: Philosophy and Appropriation 12. Levinas: Ethics and the Other

Conclusion: Beyond Beyond

Suggestions for Further Reading Bibliography Index

What People are Saying About This

Brent Adkins has written a really good introductory textbook which includes a more critical approach to ethics. The 12-chapter structure is perfect for the average semester.

Stefan Bird-Pollan

Brent Adkins has written a really good introductory textbook which includes a more critical approach to ethics. The 12-chapter structure is perfect for the average semester.

Fredrika Spindler

This textbook will be terrific for undergraduate students of philosophy but also for students from other disciplines where ethics, both from the historical and practical perspective, is taught.

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