The Good Life: Alternatives in Ethics

Voorkant
Rowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 305 pagina's
The Good Life contains an exposition and critique of the various ideals in living that have been advocated by major philosophers and schools of thought. In addition, the ethical problems of egoism, determinism, and relativism are explained and evaluated in both their classic Greek form and in the deconstruction of post-modernism. The ideals that are discussed include hedonism as described by the Cyrenaics and Epicureans, and the Utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill; the naturalistic ethic of the Stoics, the Transcendentalists, the evolutionists, and the back-to-nature movement; the biblical ethic of Judaism and Christianity as well as the Eastern religions of Confucianism and Buddhism; and the Kantian ideal of duty and virtue ethics, including feminist theory. To illuminate various conceptions of the good life, multiple examples are drawn from contemporary life, including the abortion issue, racism, capital punishment, and multiculturalism.

Vanuit het boek

Geselecteerde pagina's

Inhoudsopgave

II
1
III
2
IV
7
V
8
VI
13
VII
14
VIII
16
X
20
LI
125
LII
135
LIII
145
LV
147
LVI
148
LVII
157
LVIII
168
LX
169

XI
28
XII
29
XIII
31
XV
33
XVI
34
XVII
42
XVIII
45
XIX
47
XX
50
XXI
51
XXII
52
XXIII
53
XXIV
54
XXVI
55
XXVII
57
XXVIII
62
XXIX
68
XXXI
69
XXXIII
71
XXXIV
81
XXXV
87
XXXVI
89
XXXVII
90
XXXIX
91
XL
93
XLI
94
XLII
97
XLIII
99
XLIV
105
XLV
116
XLVI
118
XLVIII
121
XLIX
122
L
124
LXI
171
LXII
173
LXIII
177
LXIV
183
LXVI
184
LXVII
185
LXIX
187
LXX
188
LXXI
199
LXXII
200
LXXIII
201
LXXIV
202
LXXV
205
LXXVI
218
LXXVIII
219
LXXIX
225
LXXX
233
LXXXII
235
LXXXIII
236
LXXXIV
238
LXXXV
244
LXXXVI
256
LXXXVIII
257
LXXXIX
258
XC
261
XCI
262
XCII
270
XCIII
274
XCV
275
XCVI
279
XCVII
295
XCVIII
305
Copyright

Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

Over de auteur (2001)

Burton F. Porter is professor of philosophy at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Bibliografische gegevens