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". His accessible study is enhanced by a strong sense of philosophical history, and will be of interest to students and scholars of ethics.
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"His study...is of interest not only to philosophers, theologians and, in fact, all those concerned with moral theory but also to classicists interested in ancient ethics...this book is well-written, the argument is clear and discussions of other views are mostly accurate." Joachim Lukoschus, Netherlands
"Rist proposes to do battle with contemporary moral relativism and nihilism by first reviewing classical ethical views, particularly Plato's, and then widening the argument both historicaly and systematicaly." Choice
"To say that this work is profound is almost an understatement. Real Ethics is the work of a mature scholar steeped in history who is also an acute observer of contemporary manners and morals." -Modern Age, Jude P. Dougherty, Catholic University of America
"To say that this work is profound is almost an understatement. Real Ethics is the work of a mature scholar steeped in history who is also an acute observer of contemporary manners and morals." - Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic University of America
"Rist proposes to do battle with contemporary moral relativism and nihilism by first reviewing classical ethical views, particularly Plato's, and then widening the argument both historicaly and systematicaly." Choice
"To say that this work is profound is almost an understatement. Real Ethics is the work of a mature scholar steeped in history who is also an acute observer of contemporary manners and morals." -Modern Age, Jude P. Dougherty, Catholic University of America
"To say that this work is profound is almost an understatement. Real Ethics is the work of a mature scholar steeped in history who is also an acute observer of contemporary manners and morals." - Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic University of America
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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'. His lively and accessible study is informed by a powerful sense of philosophical history, and will be of interest to both students and scholars of ethics.
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Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, United States, Form of the Good, New York, Philosophical Review, Church of England, Nicomachean Ethics, Platonic Good, Way of Politics, Cornell University Press, Divine Mind, End of the Human Person, Form of Beauty, Platonic Socrates, Rights Talk, South Africa, The Hidden Debt New!
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 6 pages
- Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition by Alasdair MacIntyre on 5 pages
- Natural Law (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Second Series) by Robert P. George on 4 pages
- Reasons and Persons (Oxford Paperbacks) by Derek Parfit in Front Matter, page 63, and Back Matter
- WHO ARE WE NOW?: CHRISTIAN HUMANISM AND THE GLOBAL MARKET FROM HEGEL TO HEANEY. by Nicholas. Boyle in Front Matter, page 113, and Back Matter
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- Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts by Michael J. Perry in Back Matter
- Christianity and the Secular (Blessed Pope John XXIII Lecture Series in Theology and Culture) by Robert A. Markus on page 52
- Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good by Mary M. Keys in Back Matter
- Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology by Carol R. Taylor on page 87
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