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The Story of Ethics: Fulfilling Our Human Nature

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For college students that don't have much time for a lot of reading, this text offers a nice summary of the key philosophical views from the ancients to Rorty and Gilligan. It presents them in a no nonsense historical progression. Some short original paragraphs are included.

The authors have done a great job of tracing the theme of human fulfillment as they summarize and consider criticisms of some of the main ethical theories of the past 2000 or so years. An excellent and concise introductory book. Great for undergraduate courses, or as a review for more advanced students. Excellent book for the "garage philosopher" who wants to get a handle on the history of moral philosophy.

This book was for a required class that I otherwise would have avoided. Overall, it's not a bad book. I would have preferred a better subject index guide. Considering the subject, the authors did a good job. CHD

I found the book to be very interesting. It really opened up my understanding to Philosophy and how I think about happiness and what it means to be ethical. A very good read.

Awesome, appreciate the quick shipping and the book was in perfect condition. I will be ordering more book for college.thanks

To start with, more than $25 for a booklet of hardly 150 pages seems to me excessive. And it is obvious that in that number of pages, to cover even half decently material going all the way from Homer Gilligan and Rorty is, in my humble opinion, not only impossible but also irresponsible. That is, unless the text was meant for high-school...Further, the Acknowledgments are, in view of the size of the book, somewhat pompous. When the authors write that..."Finally, we are grateful to our families for their constant and concrete expressions of support and encouragement" one is entitled to wonder if they believe they wrote a treatise of 1000 pages, that took them several years to bring to completion. And, for the live of me, where did they find out that the name "Aquinas" carries a written accent on the last 'a'? Aquinás? I have checked with philosophers, historians, theologians and even Italians, and nobody would vouch for that version of the name. But they may know better than everybody else, unless they were merely trying to be original and different.
Aside from that, the book is readable in so far as it hardly skims the surface of the issues. The problem is that I bought it with a different expectation. Tough luck!

The sender was completely honest. The book is in very good condition and was sent in the time frame I was told. Very good customer service from this vendor.