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A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 170.9
EAN: 9780268017590
Edition: 2
ISBN: 026801759X
Label: University of Notre Dame Press
Manufacturer: University of Notre Dame Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 1998-02
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Studio: University of Notre Dame Press
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Editorial Review:
A Short History of Ethics is a significant contribution written by one of the most important living philosophers. For the second edition Alasdair MacIntyre has included a new preface in which he examines his book "thirty years on" and considers its impact. It remains an important work, ideal for all students interested in ethics and morality.
"The second edition of this classic will be more widely read than the first, one expects, if only because in the intervening three decades the author has become perhaps the most important moral philosopher in the English-speaking world." —First Things
"This brilliant and provocative book is not so much a history of ethics as it is an essay about the history of ethics, with numerous examples. . . ." —Philosophical Review
". . . MacIntyre is always provocative, and this book will continue to excite engagement with fundamental moral issues." —Choice
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Ethics
The book arrived in a VERY timely fashion!! The book was in okay condition (not spectacular), but good enough for me and worth the savings.
Rating:  - Excellent introduction
I was always in a certain kind of doubt when it was asked of me to recommend one or the other of numerous histories of philosophy. They are not your ordinary texts, which you can browse about in your leasure time. They often require some thinking to really grasp what author had in mind and where does he stand at all. After all history of philosophy is elusive subject even to profficient ones. Looking back, in something less than seven thousand years of culture as we know it (it began with emergence ... Read More
Rating:  - A Book on Moral Philosophy
Professor Alasdair MacIntyre in "A Short History of Ethics" produced an interesting book covering the long history of moral philosophy. The author provides a historical background and perspective for studying the selected texts on moral philosophy.
The book first provides the reader with an account of Greek thought and the philosophical basis of their thinking. The author then proceeds to discuss the history of philosophy to the present day. The reader is then able to appreciate the discussion ... Read More
Rating: - A Short History of Ethics.
A classic of MacIntyre, written from his Aristotelian point of view.
Rating:  - The mighty mountain gave birth to a little mouse.
This is a deceptive book.
It promises an outline of the history of Ethics "from the Homeric age to the Twentieth Century", that is, with a perspective wider than that usually limited to great "canonical" philosophers and oriented to a narrow readership.
But the result is definitely disappointing.
I really disliked this book, and cannot recommend it.
Before posting this comment, I took time to read observations of other readers, to check if my impression was shared.
Most ... Read More
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